by Alejo Carpentier · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432221606
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«El siglo de las luces» is the novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by Seix Barral in hardcover, in Spanish.
Set in the Caribbean between the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the novel follows Carlos, Sofía and Víctor Hugues, a Frenchman who spreads revolutionary ideals. Carpentier weaves their destinies together with the irruption of European ideas in the New World and reflects on freedom, oppression and cultural identity.
The novel was published in 1962; this edition is from 1984 and belongs to the Obras Maestras de la Literatura Contemporánea collection.
For readers of classic and Latin American fiction, especially those interested in the history of the Caribbean and the French Revolution.
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican philosopher, poet, and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.
