The Death of Artemio Cruz

About this book

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 Fuentes's masterpiece, The Death of Artemio Cruz is a haunting voyage into the soul of modern Mexico.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780374531805

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

February 3, 2009

Pages

320

Weight

9.6 oz

Subject

Fiction