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by Alejo Carpentier · Seix Barral · tapa dura · 156 pages
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El reino de este mundo es una novela del escritor cubano Alejo Carpentier, publicada en 1949. La novela recrea los acontecimientos que precedieron y siguieron a la independencia de Haití, a caballo entre los siglos XVIII y XIX. A través de una prosa exuberante y un estilo que Carpentier denominó "real maravilloso", la obra sumerge al lector en un mundo donde lo mágico y lo real se entrelazan, explorando la identidad y la cultura del continente americano.

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.