by Alejo Carpentier · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432210891
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El siglo de las luces is a novel by the Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, published in 1962. The story takes place in the Caribbean during the time of the French Revolution and narrates the impact of revolutionary ideas on colonial society. Through characters such as Víctor Hugues, an Antillean merchant, the novel explores themes of freedom, eroticism, violence, and the frustration of revolutionary ideals. This edition includes texts that were censored in their day, offering the complete version of one of the great novels in Spanish of the 20th century.
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.
