Translated into twenty languages and published in more than fourteen Spanish editions, Los pasos perdidos, originally published in 1953, is Alejo Carpentier's most heralded novel and a classic in Latin American literarature.
English edition: The Lost Steps, by Alejo Carpentier [Penguin Classics, 3/2/2021]
A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of the few remaining areas of the world not yet touched by civilization - the upper reaches of a great South American river. Los pasos perdidos describes his search, his adventures, and the remarkable decision he makes in a village that seems truly outside history.
Los pasos perdidos is a profound reflection of the modern world and the state of humanity, depicted through the lens of the "marvellous reality" and in a baroque style that Carpentier, like none other before, takes to the utmost limit. A true literary masterpiece.
