by Alejo Carpentier · El País. Clásicos del Siglo XX, 5. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788489669253
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«El siglo de las luces» is the historical novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by El País in 2002, in hardcover (454 pages).
The novel follows Carlos, Sofía and Esteban, three young orphans whose lives change when they meet Víctor Hugues, a Marseille merchant who tries to spread the French Revolution across the Antilles. The narrative moves between Paris and the Caribbean, between dreams of freedom and colonial reality.
This edition belongs to El País's Clásicos del Siglo XX collection (no. 5). The work was originally published in 1962 and this edition incorporates passages censored at the time.
For readers of historical fiction and Latin American literature, as well as collectors of hardcover editions.
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.
