The Harp and the Shadow
Alejo Carpentier
176 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1562790242
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Language: English
Publish: 694252800000
ClassicsFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLatin American LiteratureNovelsRomanSchool
Exploring the consequences of the European discovery of the Americas and challenging the myth of Columbus, Alejo Carpentier—”the father of magical realism”—studies the first meetings of the Western and American cultures and the tragic consequences of tarnished and abandoned idealism.