by Alejo Carpentier · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422610335
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«El reino de este mundo» is the novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover, in Spanish.
The novel is set in Haiti and covers the events that preceded and followed its independence, between the 18th and 19th centuries. Through Mackandal and Henri Christophe, between history and the supernatural, it portrays the struggle for freedom, the exercise of power, and the construction of one's own identity in an exuberant world.
The original text was published in 1949; this edition by Círculo de Lectores is from 1978.
For readers of Latin American fiction and magical realism.
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.
