by Alejo Carpentier · tapa blanda · ISBN 8410018026718
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«El siglo de las luces» is the novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by Bruguera in paperback (346 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Carlos, Sofía and Esteban, three young people from the Caribbean, in an era marked by the French Revolution. The ideas of the Enlightenment seep into colonial life and push them to question freedom, equality and justice; Carpentier narrates how those ideals transform their lives and their surroundings.
This edition belongs to Bruguera's Libro Amigo collection and was published in Barcelona in 1985; the work originally appeared in 1962.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the French Revolution and the colonial Caribbean.
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.
