Fiction, World Literature, Fiction Subjects, Peoples & Cultures - Fiction
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Overview
This inspired novel is narrated by the as yet unborn first child to be born on October 12, 1992, the five hundredth anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America; his conception and birth bracket the novel. A playfully savage masterpiece.
In a Mexico of the future, all the worst possibilities for the country have become reality. The book's narrator is the unborn Christopher, whose conception and birth bracket the novel.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
An omniscient fetus of a narrator, conceived to be born on the 500th anniversary of the European discovery of America, tells of a highly diminished Yucatan has been sold to Club Mediterranee, highly polluted Mexico and, using ``nearly every stylistic device known to modern fictionists,'' observes his parents, uncles, maiden aunts, national leaders, tourists, rock musicians, and recounts outrageous incidents past and present that defy summarization. ``Though witty, erudite and incisive, Fuentes cannot overcome the storytelling obstacle he has willfully set up,'' noted PW. Oct.Book Details
Published
September 25, 2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Pages
531
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781564783394