The Lost Steps - Alejo Carpentier, Adrian Nathan West (Translator)

Category: Adults, General Fiction, Novel
Language: English
Keywords: Magical Realism Spanish Literature

Written by Alejo Carpentier, Adrian Nathan West (Translator)
Read by Caleb Summers
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

A Penguin Classic

Dissatisfied with his empty, Sisyphus-like existence in New York City, where he has abandoned his creative dreams for a job in corporate advertising, a highly cultured aspiring composer wants nothing more than to tear his life up from the root. He soon finds his escape hatch: a university-sponsored mission to South America to look for indigenous musical instruments in one of the few areas of the world not yet touched by civilization. Retracing the steps of time, he voyages with his lover into a land that feels outside of history, searching not just for music but ultimately for himself, and turning away from modernity toward the very heart of what makes us human.

Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
Release date: 09-12-23