by Alejo Carpentier · RBA Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788447309658
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«El reino de este mundo» is the novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by RBA Editores in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative is set during the Haitian revolution and reflects the idea that Latin American reality is marvelous. Carpentier fuses the historical with the imaginary and combines magical and rational elements to build a vision of the continent that anticipates the marvelous real.
The novel originally appeared in 1949. Alejo Carpentier received the Cervantes Prize in 1977.
For readers of Latin American literature interested in the origins of the marvelous real.
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.
