The Old Gringo

Name: The Old Gringo
Author: Carlos Fuentes

by Carlos Fuentes

An American writer in Mexico reflects on love, aging, and lost revolutionary ideals

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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.

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