Synopsis
Fiction
Introduction by Timothy Brennan
Three works of fiction by the inventor of magic realism-now back in print!
"In a nameless, Havana-like city, an anonymous man flees a team of shadowy, relentless political assassins, and ultimately takes refuge in a symphony auditorium during a performance of Beethoven's Eroica. . . . This nightmarish novel does not so much tell a story as map the secret political infrastructure of cities, governments, churches, music, and bodies." The Independent
"Carpentier was one of the early giants of modern Latin American literature, a man whose writing helped shape and define the period of 'magic realism.' . . . [The Chase is] a masterpiece." New York Times Book Review
"A taut tale of political violence and psychological suspense." San Francisco Chronicle
"One of the few perfect novellas in Spanish." G. Cabrera Infante
Perhaps Cuba's most important intellectual figure of the twentieth century, Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980) was a novelist, a classically trained pianist and musicologist, a producer of avant-garde radio programming, and an influential theorist of politics and literature. Best known for his novels, Carpentier also collaborated with such luminaries as Igor Stravinsky, Darius Milhaud, Georges Bataille, and Antonin Artaud. Born in Havana, he lived for many years in France and Venezuela but returned to Cuba after the 1959 revolution.
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About Alejo Carpentier
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Alejo Carpentier
1904–1980
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (Lausana, 26 de diciembre de 1904-París, 24 de abril de 1980) fue un escritor cubano y francés que influyó notablemente en la literatura latinoamericana durante su periodo de auge. La crítica lo consideró uno de los escritores fundamentales del siglo XX en lengua española, y uno de los artífices de la renovación literaria latinoaméricana, en particular a través de un estilo que incorpora varias dimensiones y aspectos de la imaginación para recrear la realidad, elementos que contribuyeron a su formación y uso de «lo real maravilloso». Entre sus novelas destacan *El reino de este mundo* (1949), *Los pasos perdidos* (1953), *El siglo de las luces* (1962), *El recurso del método* (1974) y *La consagración de la primavera* (1978). Fuente: [Wikipedia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejo_Carpentier) ---------- Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (Lausanne, December 26, 1904 – Paris, April 24, 1980) was a Cuban-French writer who had a significant influence on Latin American literature during its golden age. Critics considered him one of the most important writers of the 20th century in the Spanish language, and one of the key figures in the literary renewal of Latin America, particularly through a style that incorporates various dimensions and aspects of the imagination to recreate reality—elements that contributed to his development and use of what he termed "magical realism." Among his novels are *El reino de este mundo* (1949), *Los pasos perdidos* (1953), *El siglo de las luces* (1962), *El recurso del método* (1974) y *La consagración de la primavera* (1978).
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