Carlos Fuentes
Mexico's foremost 20th-century novelist, whose sweeping historical fiction explored Mexican identity and the legacy of the conquest. The Death of Artemio Cruz is his most celebrated work.
Works
- The Death of Artemio CruzA dying Mexican tycoon's life is revealed through fragmented memories of ambition and corruption
- Where the Air Is ClearA surreal portrait of Mexico City depicting the lives of wealthy and marginalized classes
- Terra NostraAn epic historical novel spanning Spanish conquest to eighteenth-century Mexico and Russia
- The Old GringoAn American writer in Mexico reflects on love, aging, and lost revolutionary ideals
- AuraA mysterious woman seduces a writer, blurring time and reality in a Gothic novella