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Where the Air Is Clear by Carlos Fuentes (1988, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374509190

ISBN-139780374509194

eBay Product ID (ePID)158965

Product Key Features

Original LanguageSpanish

Book TitleWhere the Airis Clear

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicNatural History, General

Publication Year1988

GenreFiction, Science

AuthorCarlos Fuentes

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight146.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN60-014898

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal863/.64

SynopsisWhere the Air Is Clear, Carlos Fuentes's first novel, opens with a metaphorical description of Mexico City and the challenges facing its inhabitants and quickly becomes an unsparing portrayal of the upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes constructs his novel around a series of encounters with members of this world, including Federico Robles, an ambitious self-made millionaire; Rodrigo Pola, a writer whose father was executed in the Mexican Revolution; and Norma Larragoiti, a social climber striving to erase her humble past. At the center of these events is Ixca Cienfuegos, an anonymous figure who views the dramas enacted around him with unusual clarity, and who, with the aid of an Indian priestess, plots the destruction of the group. Overlaying Mexican myths onto contemporary settings, Fuentes shows that even the rich and powerful must succumb to the indomitable spirit of Mexico, which undermines all institutions and shapes all destinies. Book jacket.