by Alejo Carpentier · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420481739
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«El amor a la ciudad» is a book of chronicles and essays by Alejo Carpentier, published by Alfaguara in hardback (192 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together chronicles, articles and short essays in which Alejo Carpentier traverses Havana: its streets, squares, port and nightlife, and portrays its contrasts between the provincial and the cosmopolitan. Through anecdotes of famous and anonymous figures, the author shows his emotional bond with the city and its constant transformation.
It belongs to the Textos de escritor collection and was published in 1996. It includes an essay, a lecture, articles and chronicles published over the years.
Intended for readers of Latin American literature interested in Havana and in Alejo Carpentier's essayistic gaze.
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of French and Russian parentage, Carpentier grew up in Havana, Cuba, and despite his European birthplace, he strongly identified as Cuban throughout his life. He traveled extensively, particularly in France, and to South America and Mexico, where he met prominent members of the Latin American cultural and artistic community. Carpentier took a keen interest in Latin American politics and often aligned himself with revolutionary movements, such as Fidel Castro's Communist Revolution in Cuba in the mid-20th century. Carpentier was jailed and exiled for his leftist political philosophies.
