num_pages: 176
description: Exploring the consequences of the European discovery of the Americas and challenging the myth of Columbus, Alejo Carpentier—"the father of magical realism"—studies the first meetings of the Western and American cultures and the tragic consequences of tarnished and abandoned idealism.
language: English
title: The Harp and the Shadow
titlecomplete: The Harp and the Shadow
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, School, Classics, Fiction, Latin American Literature
ratings_count: 593
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Prix Médicis Etranger
publisher: Mercury House