The Death of Artemio Cruz
Format: library binding
ISBN:
9780791085875 (0791085872)
Publish date: June 1st 2006
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Pages no: 150
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...