description: " Terra Nostra is the spreading out of the novel, the exploration of its possibilities, the voyage to the edge of what only a novelist can see and say."â€”Milan Kundera One of the great masterpieces of modern Latin American fiction, Terra Nostra is concerned with nothing less than the history of Spain and of South America, with the Indian Gods and with Christianity, with the birth, the passion, and the death of civilizations. Fuentes skillfully blends a wide range of literary forms, stories within stories, Mexican and Spanish myth, and famous literary characters in this novel that is both a historical epic and an apocalyptic vision of modern times. Terra Nostra is that most ambitious and rare of creationsâ€”a total work of art.
language: English
title: Terra Nostra
titlecomplete: Terra Nostra
genres: Classics, Latin American Literature, Latin American, Novels, Spanish Literature, Spain, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1153
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos
publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux