by Alejo Carpentier · Lectorum S A De C V · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789685270540
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«Guerra del tiempo y otros relatos» is the short story collection by Alejo Carpentier, published by Lectorum in paperback (214 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together classic short stories by Alejo Carpentier alongside two rare pieces: «El estudiante», an unfinished text in a surrealist style, and «El milagro del ascensor», set in an urban environment. In these stories, imagination, dreams and the mythical are integrated into an idea of reality that marked Ibero-American narrative.
Published in 2001 within the Biblioteca Latinoamericana Contemporánea; the collection originally appeared in 1958.
Aimed at university students and readers of classic fiction interested in Latin American short narrative.
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.
