by Alejo Carpentier · Editorial Bruguera · tapa blanda · ISBN 8410018001791
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«Los pasos perdidos» is the novel by Alejo Carpentier, published by Editorial Bruguera in paperback, in Spanish.
A musicologist travels to the Amazon rainforest to locate ancient musical instruments. On this journey he moves away from modernity and discovers a time linked to nature and origins. The novel, rooted in magical realism and baroque narrative, explores identity, artistic creation and authenticity in a mechanised world.
This edition dates from 1979 and falls into the category Literature and Fiction.
It will appeal to readers of Spanish American fiction and magical realism.
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.
