Reasons of State (Neversink)
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (693 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1612192793 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Then there is this man Alejo Carpentier who can write!" according to Lessfatman. The Cuban pianist Alejo Carpentier is considered by some as the father ot mythical realism.So what? it only acquires some meaning in the minds of peope who already know who Gabriel Garcia Marcus is and Miguel Angel Asturias and the ever bloodthirsty and violent Vargas Llosa. "Oh, one of THOSE guys".As an author Carpentier is very elegant. He knows culture, he has moved in the 'cercles' of Paris like a colorful fish in the water.He has made the effort to become. Great,erudite novel Andrew Joor This is a great novel. Reasons if state is a novel filled with erudition and the writing is superb.the elaborate but clear writing is a subject in itself in this 1972 novel by Carpentier. I highly recommend this book, which is very well translated.
García Márquez went on to write The Autumn of the Patriarch and Roa Bastos I, the Supreme. The third novel in this remarkable trinity is Reasons of State, hailed asthe most significant novel ever to come out of Cuba.As with Garcia Marquez, Reasons of State is a bold story, boldly told --- daring in its perceptions, rich in lush detail, inventive in prose, and deadly compelling in its suspenseful plot.Inexplicably out of print for years, it tells the tale of the dictator of an unnamed Latin American country who has been living the life of luxury in high-society Paris. But returning to Paris he is given a chilly welcome, and learns that photographs of the atrocities have been circulatingamong his well-to-do friends.Meanwhile World War One has broken
He was born in Switzerland but grew up in Havana; his European and Latin American roots allowed him a unique insight into the relationship between the new world and the old. He was arrested in 1927 for opposing the Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado y Morales, and on his release from prison escaped the country to Paris. He returned to Cuba once again in 1959, to join FidelCastro's revolution. ALEJO CARPENTIER (1904-1980) was one of the most important writers of
Hudson." —San Francisco Chronicle. "Carpentier's writing has the power and range of a cathedral organ on the eve of the Resurrection." —The New Yorker"Carpentier's energy is gigantic and pell-mell, sweeping colossi on top of each other with ruthless, contemptuous daring." —The Yale Review"A writer to be classed with Thomas Mann and W.H