La frontera de cristal

Synopsis of La frontera de cristal

«La frontera de cristal» is a novel in nine stories by Carlos Fuentes, published by Alfaguara in paperback (312 pages, in Spanish).

In nine tales connected by the Barroso family, Carlos Fuentes examines the relationship between Mexico and the United States over two centuries: migration, racism, inequality, violence and exploitation, along with the mutual fascination between both cultures and the vitality of Mexican life in the face of injustice.

Edition published in 1996 within Alfaguara's Narrativa Hispánica collection.

For readers of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, with an interest in social and migratory dynamics between Mexico and the United States.