Aura: A Novel (English and Spanish Edition)

Fuentes, Carlos

ISBN 10: 0374511713 / ISBN 13: 9780374511715

Editore: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986

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Felipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband's memoirs. There Felipe meets her beautiful green-eyed niece, Aura. His passion for Aura and his gradual discovery of the true relationship between the young woman and her aunt propel the story to its extraordinary conclusion. Codice articolo SONG0374511713

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Titolo: Aura: A Novel (English and Spanish Edition)

Casa editrice: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Data di pubblicazione: 1986

Legatura: Softcover

Condizione: Good

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Riassunto:

A young scholar falls passionately in love with the niece of an aged widow and discovers the true relationship between the two women

L'autore:

Carlos Fuentes, born in Panama in 1928, has received many awards for his accomplishments as a novelist, essayist, and commentator, among them the Cervantes Prize. He is the author of more than twenty books, most recently (in the United States) Inez. Other Fuentes titles from FSG include Old Gringo, The Death of Artemio Cruz, and The Good Conscience. He divides his time between Mexico City and London.


Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) was one of the most influential and celebrated voices in Latin American literature. He was the author of 24 novels, including The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo and Terra Nostra, and also wrote numerous plays, short stories, and essays. He received the 1987 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor.
Fuentes was born in Panama City, the son of Mexican parents, and moved to Mexico as a teenager. He served as an ambassador to England and France, and taught at universities including Harvard, Princeton, Brown and Columbia. He died in Mexico City in 2012.