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La Frontera de Cristal / The Crystal Frontier

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Carlos Fuentes examina la separacion entre Mexico y Estados Unidos con el cristal de la discriminacion, el racismo, la violencia, pero tambien la fuerza de la vida mexicana, que parece sobrevivir a todas las agresiones. En La frontera de cristal, Carlos Fuentes es el mismo narrador de sus mejores libros: agresivo, vital, poderoso. Encuentra todos los angulos posibles en una historia, con una variante insospechada: la comicidad. Esta es una novela relatada a traves de nueve cuentos que transcurren, de un lado y del otro, en las proximidades de la raya fronteriza entre Mexico y Estados Unidos. Mas alla de lo inevitable, que suele presentarse en forma de discriminacion, violencia y desamparo, los personajes que habitan estas paginas encuentran material para los suenos y energia para el humor, asi sea tan solo porque saben que "la unica frontera real esta entre el cuerpo y el alma." Carlos Fuentes reproduce la separacion que se ha dado entre ambos paises a lo largo de 200 anos y la examina con el cristal de la discriminacion, el racismo, la violencia, pero tambien la fuerza de la vida mexicana, que parece sobrevivir a todas las agresiones. La critica ha opinado: "A fuerza de contarnos, Carlos Fuentes nos vuelve indispensables y gracias a el somos reconocibles" -Elena Poniatowska- ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This novel portrays Carlos Fuentes' best; it is aggressive, sharp, and powerful. With penetrating humor and frank narrative, the nine stories (in this novel) depict the rift that has occurred between the U.S. and Mexico in the last two hundred years. But Fuentes also gives us an insight into the force of Mexican life and culture, and how it has been able to survive in spite of the injustice and corruption in Mexico that have caused so many to seek to immigrate.
Release date NZ
September 27th, 2016
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
Mexico
Imprint
Debolsillo
Publisher
Debolsillo
Dimensions
124x188x20
ISBN-13
9786073144674
Product ID
26638577

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