Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Old Gringo (1985) and Christopher Unborn (1987). In his obituary, The New York Times described Fuentes as "one of the most admired writers in the Spanish-speaking world" and an important influence on the Latin American Boom, the "explosion of Latin American literature in the 1960s and '70s", while The Guardian called him "Mexico's most celebrated novelist". His many literary honors include the Miguel de Cervantes Prize as well as Mexico's highest award, the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor (1999). He was often named as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he never won. His parents were both Mexicans.
Books by Carlos Fuentes
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The Crystal Frontier
by Carlos Fuentes
3.8(1,164)
Carlos Fuentes's collection of nine linked stories explores the often-painful clash of Mexican and American cultures along their shared border, showing the human cost of divided identities.
The Death of Artemio Cruz
by Carlos Fuentes
3.9(8,792)
On his deathbed, a powerful Mexican magnate confronts the spectral kaleidoscope of his ruthless rise, reliving revolutionary battles and betrayals that forged his empire and scarred his soul.