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Author_Carlos Fuentes
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Faustian pact love death
First man woman male female encounter
Happy Families Crystal Frontier
Language romantic creativity
Latin America own voices novels
Mexico music musical themes
Orchestra conductor passion
Original lovers neh el ah nel
Prada Mexican diva
real people
Romance relationships difficulties
Stories of long lasting love for the ages
This I Believe
Translated from Spanish translator
Product details
- ISBN 9780747568162
- Weight: 135g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 19 Apr 2004
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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‘Dazzling ... The translation by Margaret Sayers Paden is elegant' - New York Times Book Review
‘A complex, focused novel ' - The Times
'Passionate ... a paean to music and musical genius, to romantic love and the mysterious sources of language and creativity' - Newsday
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In this magical story of love and art, life and death, Carlos Fuentes entwines two narratives: one tells of the passion of orchestra conductor Gabriel Atlan-Ferrara for red-haired Mexican diva, Inez Prada; the other of the first encounter in human history between a man and a woman. Berlioz's music for The Damnation of Faust brings Atlan-Ferrara and Inez together, and continues to resound on every page of this haunting work. At the same time, the emergent love of neh-el and ah-nel - the original lovers - reminds us of the Faustian pact of love and death.
The link between these two stories is a beautiful crystal seal that belongs to Atlan-Ferrara, who is obsessed by its meaning. Maybe this ancient and seductive object gives its bearer the ability to read unknown languages and hear music of impossible beauty...
Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's leading novelist, was born in 1928. He has been his country's ambassador to France and is the author of more than ten novels.
