Terra Nostra

Terra Nostra

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ISBN-13: 9781564782878
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publication date: 06/15/2003
Series: Latin American Literature Series
Pages: 785
Sales rank: 683,393
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

The author of more than a dozen novels and story collections, Carlos Fuentes is Mexico's most celebrated novelist and critic. He has received numerous honors and awards throughout his lifetime, including the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the Latin Literary Prize.
Included among his books are Terra Nostra, Where the Air Is Clear, and Distant Relations.

Margaret Sayers Peden, a Missouri native, obtained her graduate degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia later in life. She remained at UMC to teach Spanish, Spanish American literature, and Translation and Interpretation for several decades. Now a professor emeritus, she has translated more than 40 books and won numerous prizes and grants.

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Juan Goytisolo

Beyond any doubt' one of the great monuments of the Spanish language novel.

Milan Kundera

Terra Nostra is the spreading out of the novel' the exploration of its possibilities.

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Terra Nostra (Latin American Literature Series) 4.3 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 3 reviews.
Guest More than 1 year ago
a story full of drama and suspense that is never for one second leaves the imagination of the readers. infact the more the story lingers on the more the readers want to know more. A sitting edge of our sofa's adventure
eluminati on LibraryThing 7 months ago
A vast, hugely ambitious novel aiming at nothing less than the unification of the myth systems of Europe and the Americas. Time, as we typically think of it, is meaningless in Terra Nostra. Layer upon layer of history, image, symbol, and allusion make the experience of reading the book more like losing oneself in a complex painting. The eye barely knows where to fall next, and this makes it delightful and fascinating for readers who crave difficult, astonishing books. It's also one of the most delightfully anti-Christian books I've ever read, which is just a wonderful added bonus.
abirdman on LibraryThing 7 months ago
A huge, difficult (possibly due to its translation) novel that rises to the level of literature. Well worth the effort of hefting it.