by Alejo Carpentier · Booket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788432217678
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«El reino de este mundo» is Alejo Carpentier's magical realism novel, published by Booket in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative takes place in Haiti and covers the events leading up to its independence, from the influence of the French Revolution on American souls to the rise and fall of the monarchy of Henri Christophe, the first black power in the Americas. Voodoo permeates this story of domination and resistance.
This edition in the Novela collection was published in February 2004; the work originally appeared in 1949.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and Latin American literature; also those seeking classics on Caribbean history.
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.
