The Old Gringo

About this book

One of Carlos Fuentes's greatest works, The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa's soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780374530525

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

February 20, 2007

Pages

208

Weight

7.2 oz

Subject

Fiction