by Alejo Carpentier · Lectorum Pubns (Juv) · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432221996
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«El siglo de las luces» is the novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by Lectorum Pubns (Juv) in hardcover (368 pages, in Spanish).
The novel recreates the impact of the French Revolution in the Caribbean through Carlos, Sofía, and the merchant Víctor Hugues, a real historical figure who tries to implement revolutionary ideas in the Antilles. Carpentier contrasts the illusion of freedom with the threat of the guillotine and reflects on Enlightenment ideals.
Originally published in 1962, this 1983 edition belongs to the Obras Maestras de la Literatura Contemporánea collection.
For readers of historical fiction and Latin American literature seeking a 20th-century classic with political reflection, adventure, and baroque prose.
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.
