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by Alejo Carpentier · Ediciones Akal, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788446024514
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En esta novela del escritor cubano Alejo Carpentier, el autor utiliza los recursos propios del barroco como la parodia y la hipérbole, rompiendo con la cronología histórica y adquiriendo un extraordinario sentido del humor. El libro cuenta la historia de la puesta en escena de una ópera de Antonio Vivaldi, estrenada en Venecia en 1733, que narra la derrota de Moctezuma por las fuerzas españolas lideradas por Hernán Cortés. La obra enfrenta dos historias y dos culturas, América y Europa, de cuya contraposición surge lo real maravilloso.
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of French and Russian parentage, Carpentier grew up in Havana, Cuba, and despite his European birthplace, he strongly identified as Cuban throughout his life. He traveled extensively, particularly in France, and to South America and Mexico, where he met prominent members of the Latin American cultural and artistic community. Carpentier took a keen interest in Latin American politics and often aligned himself with revolutionary movements, such as Fidel Castro's Communist Revolution in Cuba in the mid-20th century. Carpentier was jailed and exiled for his leftist political philosophies.
