by Alejo Carpentier · Editorial Planeta, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408461814
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«El reino de este mundo» is the historical novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by Editorial Planeta in hardback (152 pages, in Spanish).
Haiti, between the 18th and 19th centuries, is the setting for a revolt in which the historical and the marvellous intersect. The narrative follows figures such as Mackandal and Henri Christophe and recovers the events surrounding the country's independence, with the resistance of the enslaved and the search for their identity as its central axis.
Work originally published in 1949. 1997 edition within the Clásicos Contemporáneos Internacionales collection, vol. 1.
Novel for readers of Latin American literature, historical fiction and magical realism.
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.
