Alejo Carpentier
Cuban novelist who theorized the concept of lo real maravilloso (marvelous reality) and embedded it in ambitious, historically panoramic fiction. The Kingdom of This World and The Lost Steps are his celebrated masterworks.
Works
- The Kingdom of This WorldHaitian revolution told through interweaving of myth, magic, and history
- The Lost StepsMan journeys up Amazon discovering the origins of civilization and music
- Explosion in a CathedralFrench Revolution unfolds through characters caught in historical upheaval
- The ChaseMilitary commander pursues a mysterious woman through jungle landscape
- Reasons of StateDespot reflects on his rise to power and legacy amid social collapse