by Alejo Carpentier · Siglo XXI de España Editores, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432303333
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«La consagración de la primavera» is the novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by Siglo XXI de España Editores, S.A. in paperback (576 pages, in Spanish).
Vera, a Russian ballerina exiled after 1917, and Enrique, a young Cuban who flees to Paris for his activism against Machado, star in a plot about exile, revolution and identity in bohemian Paris of the 1930s. The title evokes Stravinsky's ballet and its motifs of death and rebirth.
First edition in the «La creación literaria» collection; volume of 21 x 14 cm and 528 g.
For readers of contemporary narrative and literary fiction, particularly those interested in Cuban and Latin American literature of the 20th century.
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.
