by Alejo Carpentier · Siglo XXI de España Editores, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432301469
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«El recurso del método» is the novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, published by Siglo XXI de España Editores in paperback (343 pages, in Spanish).
A Latin American dictator exiled in Europe is the protagonist of this novel: from a distance he longs for his land and witnesses the clash with modernity and the cultural tension between continents. With baroque prose and a critical eye, Carpentier reflects on power, identity, nostalgia, and the relationship between Europe and Latin America.
It belongs to the La creación literaria collection; it was published in Madrid in 1974.
For readers of Latin American fiction and political novels, with an interest in dictatorships and American identity.
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.
