The Death of Artemio Cruz
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374522834 (0374522839)
Publish date: May 1st 1991
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 307
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Magical Realism,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American,
Latin American Literature
This may be the best book I have ever read. It is lyrical, crude, laser-sharp but also epic. It was literally breath-taking. It is about life and death, love, loss, corruption, pride, compassion, connection to history and to the land. It is about Mexico and about what it is to be human, and about be...