- Home
- Fiction
- Magical Realism
- El reino de este mundo (Novela histórica) / The Kingdom of This World (A Historical Novel) (Spanish Edition)
El reino de este mundo (Novela histórica) / The Kingdom of This World (A Historical Novel) (Spanish Edition)
- Availability: Confirm prior to ordering
- Branding: minimum 50 pieces (add’l costs below)
- Check Freight Rates (branded products only)
Branding Options (v), Availability & Lead Times
- 1-Color Imprint: $2.00 ea.
- Promo-Page Insert: $2.50 ea. (full-color printed, single-sided page)
- Belly-Band Wrap: $2.50 ea. (full-color printed)
- Set-Up Charge: $45 per decoration
- Availability: Product availability changes daily, so please confirm your quantity is available prior to placing an order.
- Branded Products: allow 10 business days from proof approval for production. Branding options may be limited or unavailable based on product design or cover artwork.
- Unbranded Products: allow 3-5 business days for shipping. All Unbranded items receive FREE ground shipping in the US. Inquire for international shipping.
- RETURNS/CANCELLATIONS: All orders, branded or unbranded, are NON-CANCELLABLE and NON-RETURNABLE once a purchase order has been received.
Product Details
Overview
«Deshacer y rehacer la historia, mudada en ficción, era la manera propia de Carpentier de inventar historias.» Mario Vargas Llosa
El reino de este mundo es un alucinante relato en la improvisada corte real haitiana de Henri Christophe. Un mundo de pasiones que se desenvuelven en medio de la feroz caricatura de la corte bonapartista, construida con los elementos casi salvajes de una isla antillana en la que la tiranía ha cambiado brutalmente de nombre y en la que los ecos del tamtán repercuten en el latón de los uniformes y en las borlas de las bordadas mitras de fingidos obispos.
Esta edición incluye también el célebre prólogo en el que Carpentier acuña el término «real maravilloso», que a su parecer es la mejor definición de la idiosincrasia del continente americano, en donde el milagro y la magia forman parte de la esencia de la cultura.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The Kingdom of This World is a dazzling tale set in the improvised royal court of Henri Christophe in Haiti. It depicts a world of passions unfolding amid a fierce caricature of the Bonapartist court, built with the raw elements of a Caribbean island where tyranny has brutally changed its name, and where the echoes of the drum resound in the brass of uniforms and the tassels of embroidered mitres of pretended bishops.
This edition also includes the famous prologue in which Carpentier coined the term “lo real maravilloso”, which he considered the best definition of the idiosyncrasy of the American continent, where miracle and magic are part of the very essence of culture.
