Alejo Carpentier
The Pilgrim at Home
University of Texas Press · Print & ebook · January 1, 1991
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- Who it’s for
- A study of Carpentier’s life and writing, with close readings and a new final chapter.
- Genres
- Writers' Lives, Hispanic American Lit Crit, Hispanic & Latino Biography
- Published
- University of Texas Press, January 1, 1991
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Alejo Carpentier was one of the greatest Latin American novelists of the twentieth century, as well as a musicologist, journalist, cultural promoter, and diplomat. His fictional world issues from an encyclopedic knowledge of the history, art, music, and literature of Latin America and Europe. Carpentier’s novels and stories are the enabling discourse of today’s Latin American narrative, and his interpretation of Latin American history has been among the most influential.
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Carpentier was the first to provide a comprehensive view of Caribbean history that centered on the contribution of Africans, above and beyond the differences created by European cultures and languages. Alejo Carpentier: The Pilgrim at Home, first published in 1977 and updated for this edition, covers the life and works of the great Cuban novelist, offering a new perspective on the relationship between the two. González Echevarría offers detailed readings of the works La música en Cuba, The Kingdom of This World, The Lost Steps, and Explosion in a Cathedral. In a new concluding chapter, he takes up Carpentier’s last years, his relationship with the Cuban revolutionary regime, and his last two novels, El arpa y la sombra and La consagración de la primavera, in which Carpentier reviewed his life and career.
Carpentier’s Life and Works
A study of Carpentier’s life and writing, with close readings and a new final chapter.
Come here for
- Detailed readings of four works, including The Kingdom of This World
- An account of his final years and relationship with Cuba’s revolutionary regime
Expect
- The new chapter also discusses his last two novels
- This edition updates a study first published in 1977
Where it sits
| Writers' Lives | 43% |
|---|---|
| Hispanic & Latino Biography | 41% |
| Hispanic American Lit Crit | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Writers' Lives
- Caribbean & Latin American Criticism
- Authors
- Roberto González Echevarría
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Published
- January 1, 1991
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Writers' Lives