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El siglo de las luces (Novela histórica) / Explosion in a Cathedral (A Historical Novel) (Spanish Edition)
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Product Details
Overview
Los hermanos Carlos y Sofía, y su primo Esteban, muerto el padre y tutor de los tres, sobreviven en una enorme casa de la Cuba colonial.
El siglo de las luces revela el impacto de la Revolución Francesa en las Antillas. Los sueños de libertad y la sombra de la guillotina conforman el juego de tensiones que configuran la grandeza y la servidumbre del alba de una época nueva. Es, en esencia, la peripecia vital de un personaje real, Víctor Hugues, un comerciante antillano que navega por un mundo sometido a cambios radicales luchando por implantar en las islas las ideas revolucionarias del gobierno al que representa.
Triunfo del esplendor verbal y el sabio arte constructor de Alejo Carpentier, El siglo de las luces es una de las grandes novelas en lengua española del siglo XX.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Explosion in a Cathedral portrays the impact of the French Revolution in the Caribbean. The dreams of liberty and the shadow of the guillotine shape the tensions that define both the grandeur and the servitude of a new era. At its core lies the life story of a real historical figure, Victor Hugues, an Antillean merchant navigating a world undergoing radical change, struggling to impose revolutionary ideals on the islands on behalf of the government he represents.
A triumph of verbal splendor and masterful construction, Alejo Carpentier’s Explosion in a Cathedral is one of the great Spanish-language novels of the twentieth century.
