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Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

Naissance 1928 · Décès 2012

Originaire de Panama City, Panamá Province, Panama · Nationalité : Mexico · Écrit de la fiction et des essais

Wikipedia

Carlos Fuentes Macías (Panama, 11 novembre 1928 – Mexico, 15 mai 2012) fut un écrivain mexicain. Aux côtés de Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa et Julio Cortázar, il compte parmi les figures majeures de ce que l'on appelle le « boom » latino-américain.

Citations

  • “Don’t classify me, read me. I’m a writer, not a genre.”
    p. 27En anglais
  • “Can you imagine me coming to this country to blow up a post office? I told them, “My bombs are my books.””
    About being denied a visa to the United States in the early 1960s after he praisEn anglais
  • “The facade of the Conquest, severe yet jocund, with one foot in the dead Old World and the other in the New.”
    Describing a Mexican baroque churchEn anglais
  • “What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.”
    "To See Ourselves as Others See Us", in Time, June 16, 1986.En anglais

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Les livres de Carlos Fuentes dans l'ordre

Les livres de Carlos Fuentes dans l'ordre de parution, de Where the Air Is Clear (1960) à Nietzsche on His Balcony (2016).

  1. 1Where the Air Is ClearWhere the Air Is Clear1960
  2. 2AuraAura1962
  3. 3La Muerte De Artemio CruzLa Muerte De Artemio Cruz1962
  4. 4The Death of Artemio CruzThe Death of Artemio Cruz1962
  5. 5Muerte De Artemio CruzMuerte De Artemio Cruz1964
  6. 6A Change of SkinA Change of Skin1968
  7. 7Cuerpos y ofrendasCuerpos y ofrendas1972
  8. 8Terra NostraTerra Nostra1975
  9. 9Distant RelationsDistant Relations1983
  10. 10Gringo ViejoGringo Viejo1985
  11. 11The Old GringoThe Old Gringo1985
  12. 12Christopher UnbornChristopher Unborn1987
  13. 13Myself with OthersMyself with Others1988
    Ce qu'il contient (13)
  14. 14Constancia and Other Stories for VirginsConstancia and Other Stories for Virgins1990
    Ce qu'il contient (5)
  15. 15The Buried MirrorThe Buried Mirror1992
  16. 16El espejo enterradoEl espejo enterrado1997
  17. 17The Crystal FrontierThe Crystal Frontier1997
  18. 18The Years with Laura DíazThe Years with Laura Díaz2000
  19. 19The Diary of Frida KahloThe Diary of Frida Kahlo2005
  20. 20The Eagle's ThroneThe Eagle's Throne2006
  21. 21Destiny and DesireDestiny and Desire2011
  22. 22VladVlad2012
  23. 23Nietzsche on His BalconyNietzsche on His Balcony2016

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