by Alejo Carpentier · Editorial Bruguera · tapa dura · ISBN 9788402067074
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«El siglo de las luces» is the historical novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by Editorial Bruguera in hardback (344 pages, in Spanish).
The action follows three young Creoles from the Caribbean whose lives are shaken when they meet Víctor Hugues, a West Indian merchant seeking to bring the ideals of the French Revolution to the islands. Between the dream of freedom and the shadow of the guillotine, the protagonists witness a historical transformation that challenges their convictions.
This edition belongs to the Club Bruguera collection (no. 11).
It will appeal to readers of historical fiction and to those wanting a 20th-century classic of Latin American literature.
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.
