Product Description

One of the great masterpieces of modern Latin American fiction, Terra Nostrais concerned with nothing less than the history of Spain and of South America, with the Indian Gods and with Christianity, with the birth, thepassion, and the death of civilizations. Fuentes skillfully blends a wide range of literary forms, stories within stories, Mexican and Spanish myth, and famous literary characters in this novel that is both ahistorical epic and an apocalyptic vision of modern times. Terra Nostra is that most ambitious and rare of creations a total work of art.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #296829 in Books
• Published on: 2010-02-22
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 2.31" h x 6.08" w x 9.04" l, 2.50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 816 pages

Review
"Terra Nostra is the spreading out of the novel, the exploration of its possibilities, the voyage to the edge of what only a novelist can see and say."