Lifting the obsidian mask the artistic vision of Carlos Fuentes
Gyurko, Lanin AAuthor
Digitalia, Inc.
This volume is the only study to encompass all of Fuentes' writings,  including short stories,  novels,  theatre and essays,  from his earliest short stories of the mythic and fantastic,  Los días enmascarados,  to his unique and enigmatic autobiographical dictionary En esto creo (2002),  and his most significant narrative in the twenty-first century,  La Silla del Águila (2003).  Designed for the students of Latin American Literature as a  comprehensive guidebook, for enthusiasts of Comparative Literature and Ethnic Studies, and specialists in Latin American Literature,  Lifting the Obsidian Mask provides a highly readable,  illuminating and invaluable exploration of Fuentes' complex and uncompromising, paradoxical,  and fascinating art.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This volume is the only study to encompass all of Fuentes' writings,  including short stories,  novels,  theatre and essays,  from his earliest short stories of the mythic and fantastic,  Los días enmascarados,  to his unique and enigmatic autobiographical dictionary En esto creo (2002),  and his most significant narrative in the twenty-first century,  La Silla del Águila (2003).  Designed for the students of Latin American Literature as a  comprehensive guidebook, for enthusiasts of Comparative Literature and Ethnic Studies, and specialists in Latin American Literature,  Lifting the Obsidian Mask provides a highly readable,  illuminating and invaluable exploration of Fuentes' complex and uncompromising, paradoxical,  and fascinating art.
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Fuentes, Carlos
Romance Literatures
Languages & Literatures
Spanish Literature