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El siglo de las luces

Alejo Carpentier

Hardcover | Pages: 345 pages

Rating: 4.14 | 2190 Users | 119 Reviews

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Title	:	El siglo de las luces
Author	:	Alejo Carpentier
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 345 pages
Published	:	March 1980 by Editorial Bruguera, S.A. (first published 1962)
Categories	:	Fiction. European Literature. Spanish Literature. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature

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El siglo de las luces novela el impacto de la Revolución francesa en las Antillas: los sueños de libertad, y con ella, la sombra de la guillotina, en 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 incluye en la presente edición textos que fueron censurados en su día, ofreciendo así la versión íntegra de una de las grandes novelas en lengua española de nuestro siglo.

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Original Title:	El siglo de las luces
ISBN:	8402067077 (ISBN13: 9788402067074)
Edition Language:	Spanish

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It's wider in scope, but to me, it lacked the mythic power of The Kingdom of This World and The Harp and the Shadow. Still a lot to praise about it; I just wasn't quite swept away.

This is the story of the impacts and slavery turmoil on the Caribbean islands, Guadeloupe and Cuba in particular, at the time of the French revolution. It centres of the real life character Victor Hugues (later known as the Robespierre of Guadeloupe). He unexpectedly arrives at the Havana mansion of Sophia and Carlos (recent orphan siblings) who are looking after their sick cousin Esteban. Like a whirl-wind he introduces everyone to the real world, identifies the plant bringing on the asthma in

I read this in Spanish, the story takes place in Cuba during a time of colonization and cultural changes, the novel reads in the way a person of that time and place would speak if well educated. In an incredibly detailed descriptive way the author really does create scenes that are deeply impressive. I read this using a dictionary not to miss out on anything.

Who else but a Cuban could write such poignant historical fiction on the contrast between revolutionary ideals and lived experience? The revolution in this case is the French one, expanding its influence into Caribbean colonies and impacting religion and slavery in the local populace. Memorable but lengthy.

Weve all have been taught that the French Revolution was carried out for the sake of noblest principles: Liberté, égalité, fraternité and they told us that it brought centuries of despotism, oppression and monarchy abuses to an end. They showed us pieces of art such as the famous and universally known Delacroixs Liberty leading the People, images of the noble and oppressive class being executed by the revolutions army, flames of peoples wrath consuming the castles, symbol of the old ways,

The French Revolution told from a new angle, for the main plot occurs in the West Indies and in Carribean(St Domingue, Cuba). Historical novels rarely suit the historian in me, but this is one of the best books ever written. I read El Siglo de la Luces in French(also known as Explosion in a Cathedral), a long time ago, and it has stayed with me until now. A classic. Really marvellous.

Alejo Carpetier is one of the greatest, latin american writers. Understanding latin american literature goes more in the way of Carpentier than Marquez. This is one of his top works.