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  | | Destiny and Desire(1st Edition) A Novel by Carlos Fuentes, Edith Grossman Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2011 by Random House Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-6880-7, ISBN: 1-4000-6880-0 "Winner of the Cervantes Prize  Carlos Fuentes, one of the world’s most acclaimed authors, is at the height of his powers in this stunning new novelâa magnificent epic of passion, magic, and desire in modern Mexico, a rich and remarkable tapestry set in a world where free will fights with the wishes of the gods. Josué Nadal has lost more than his innocence: He has been robbed of his lifeâand his posthumous narration sets the tone ..." |
 | | The Great Latin American Novel (Mexican Literature) by Carlos Fuentes, Brendan Riley Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2016 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-62897-130-9, ISBN: 1-62897-130-4 "One of the late Carlos Fuentes's final projects, this compendium of his criticism traces the evolution of the Latin American novel from the discovery of America to the present day. Combining historical perspective with personal and often opinionated interpretation, Fuentes gives us a tour from Machado de Assis to Borges and beyond. A landmark analysis, as well as a scintillating and often wry commentary on a great author's peers and inf ..." |
 | | Nietzsche on His Balcony (Mexican Literature) by Carlos Fuentes, Alejandro Branger, E. Shaskan Bumas, Ethan Shaskan Bumas Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2016 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-62897-158-3, ISBN: 1-62897-158-4 "On a hot, insomniac night at the Hotel Metropol, the novelist Carlos Fuentes steps onto his balcony only to find another man on the balcony next door. The other man asks for news of the social strife turning into revolution in the unnamed city below them. He reveals himself as the 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, permitted to revisit earth once a year for 24 hours based on his theory of eternal return. With tenderness and g ..." |
 | | Adam in Eden(1st Edition) by Carlos Fuentes, Ethan Shaskan Bumas, Alejandro Branger, E. Shaskan Bumas Hardcover, 201 Pages, Published 2012 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-796-5, ISBN: 1-56478-796-6 "In this comic novel of political intrigue, Adam Gorozpe, a respected businessman in Mexico, has a life so perfect that he might as well be his namesake in the Garden. But there are snakes in this Garden too, and in order to save his relationship, his marriage, his life, and the soul of his country, he may have to call upon the wrath of the angels to expel all these serpents from his Mexican Eden.In this comic novel of political int ..." |
 | | 4(1st Edition) 56: Poems by Carlos Fuentes Lemus, Ethan Shaskan Bumas, Juan Goytisolo Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2012 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-679-1, ISBN: 1-56478-679-X |
 | | The Orange Tree by Carlos Fuentes, Tony Chiroldes, Alfred Macadam Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9370-3, ISBN: 1-5226-9370-X |
 | | Years with Laura Diaz, The by Carlos Fuentes, Adriana Sananes, Emilio Delgado, Alfred Macadam Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9333-8, ISBN: 1-5226-9333-5 "A millennial novel with centennial breadth, The Years with Laura Díaz follows one woman through the 20th century in Mexico, witnessing its political upheavals, technological advances, and bitterly uneven social and artistic progress. Born on her grandfather Don Felipe's coffee plantation at Catemaco in 1898, Laura knows both the privilege of wealth and its limitations. Her parents, Leticia and Fernando, live apart, prudently waitin ..." |
 | | This I Believe An A to Z of a Life by Carlos Fuentes, Emilio Delgado, Kristina Cordero Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9371-0, ISBN: 1-5226-9371-8 "In this masterly, deeply personal, and provocative audiobook, the internationally renowned Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, whose work has been called 'a combination of Poe, Baudelaire, and Isak Dinesen' (Newsweek), steps back to survey the wellsprings of art and ideology, the events that have shaped our time, and his extraordinary life and fiercest passions. Arranged alphabetically from 'Amore' to 'Zurich,' This I Believe takes us on a m ..." |
 | | The Death of Artemio Cruz A Novel by Carlos Fuentes, Tony Chiroldes, Alfred Macadam Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9367-3, ISBN: 1-5226-9367-X "As the novel opens, Artemio Cruz, the all-powerful newspaper magnate and land baron, lies confined to his bed and, in dreamlike flashes, recalls the pivotal episodes of his life. Carlos Fuentes manipulates the ensuing kaleidoscope of images with dazzling inventiveness, layering memory upon memory, from Cruz's heroic campaigns during the Mexican Revolution, through his relentless climb from poverty to wealth, to his uneasy death. Perhaps ..." |
 | | Nietzsche on His Balcony by Carlos Fuentes 236 Pages, Published 2016 by Deep Vellum Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-62897-202-3, ISBN: 1-62897-202-5 "With tenderness and gallows humor, the novelist and the philosopher unflinchingly tell the story of the beginning of the revolution, its triumph, fanaticism, terror, and retrenchment: a story of love, friendship, family, commitment, passion ..." |
 | | Where the Air Is Clear(Unabridged) 2 by Carlos Fuentes, Emilio Delgado, Sam Hileman Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9366-6, ISBN: 1-5226-9366-1 "Where the Air Is Clear, Carlos Fuentes' first novel, is an unsparing portrayal of Mexico City's upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes overlays Mexican myths onto contemporary settings, showing that even the rich and powerful must succumb to the indomitable spirit of Mexico, which undermines all institutions and shapes all destinies." |
 | | The Crystal Frontier(Unabridged) A Novel in Nine Stories by Carlos Fuentes, David Crommett, Alfred Macadam Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9368-0, ISBN: 1-5226-9368-8 "From Mexico's preeminent man of letters, "a Balzacian novel in nine masterly stories" (Vanity Fair) that explores the "uneven and painful meshing of two North American cultures" (Washington Post Book World). A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. Translated by Alfred Mac Adam." |
 | | The Campaign by Carlos Fuentes, Walter Krochmal, Alfred Macadam Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9357-4, ISBN: 1-5226-9357-2 "In The Campaign, a witty and enthralling saga of revolutionary South America, Carlos Fuentes explores the period of profound upheaval he calls "the romantic time." His hero, Baltasar Bustos, the son of a wealthy landowner, kidnaps the baby of a prominent judge, replacing it with the black baby of a prostitute. When he catches sight of the baby's mother, though, he falls instantly in love with her and sets off on an anguished journey to ..." |
 | | Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes, Milan Kundera, Jorge Volpi Escalante, Walter Krochmal, Margaret Sayers Peden Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9359-8, ISBN: 1-5226-9359-9 "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 historica ..." |
 | | The Old Gringo A Novel by Carlos Fuentes, David Crommett, Margaret Sayers Peden Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-9373-4, ISBN: 1-5226-9373-4 "One of Carlos Fuentes's greatest works, "The Old Gringo" tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa's soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of t ..." |
 | | Where the Air Is Clear (Mexican Literature Series) by Carlos Fuentes, Sam Hileman, Ignacio Padilla, Janice Galloway Paperback, 373 Pages, Published 2014 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-344-8, ISBN: 1-56478-344-8 "Where the Air Is Clear, Carlos Fuentes's first novel, is an unsparing portrayal of Mexico City's upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes constructs his novel around a series of encounters with members of this world, including Federico Robles, an ambitious self-made millionaire; Rodrigo Pola, a writer whose father was executed in the Mexican Revolution; and Norma Larragoiti, a social climber striving to erase ..." |
 | | A Change of Skin by Carlos Fuentes 482 Pages, Published 2013 by Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-4668-4008-9, ISBN: 1-4668-4008-0 "First published in 1968, Carlos Fuentes's controversial novel A Change of Skin tells the story of four persons who drive from Mexico City to Veracruz one Palm Sunday." |
 | | A New Time for Mexico by Carlos Fuentes 288 Pages, Published 2013 by A&C Black ISBN-13: 978-1-4088-4500-4, ISBN: 1-4088-4500-8 "Carlos Fuentes. and our politics, between development and democracy. The Chiapas uprising will at least serve to ... and indigenous communities met with President Carlos Salinas de Gortari in Tuxtla Gutierrez to describe the injustice of their situation. Alfonso Reyes recounts a trip to Andalusia with a Spanish philosopher who, after listening to the peasants, exclaimed, 'These ... 'Today, under current law,' said Jacobo Nazar Mora ..." |
 | | Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins by Carlos Fuentes 228 Pages, Published 2013 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-1-4668-4010-2, ISBN: 1-4668-4010-2 "For those few readers who do not yet know the work of Mexico's foremost man of letters, these stories offer them the full gift of his imaginative resourcefulness." |
 | | Christopher Unborn by Carlos Fuentes 532 Pages, Published 2013 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-1-4668-4009-6, ISBN: 1-4668-4009-9 "This inspired novel is narrated by the as yet unborn first child to be born on October 12, 1992, the five hundredth anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America; his conception and birth bracket the novel. A playfully savage masterpiece." |
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