by Alejo Carpentier · Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 8431474001446
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«El siglo de las luces» is the novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by Planeta in hardcover (415 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in the Caribbean during the years of the French Revolution, when libertarian ideals burst into the colonial world. Carpentier narrates the steps of a group of characters trapped between utopia and reality, in a reflection on history, power and personal transformation.
This 2003 edition is part of the Selección Contemporáneos collection, with the BBVA and La Vanguardia insignia.
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.
