by Alejo Carpentier · Folio · tapa dura · ISBN 9788441319844
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«Los pasos perdidos» is the novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier published by Folio in hardcover (288 pages, in Spanish).
A disillusioned intellectual travels up the Orinoco River in search of an ancient musical instrument and ventures into the jungle. The journey becomes a descent backwards in time through the historical stages of America, to the earliest forms and the invention of language, in a reflection on identity, memory and creation.
The novel was originally published in 1953 and in 1956 received the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger. This edition belongs to the Biblioteca del Viajero collection, no. 16.
A work of Latin American narrative, with elements of magical realism, for readers of travel literature and twentieth-century classics.
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.
