First edition (Mexico)

Where the Air Is Clear (Spanish: La región más transparente) is a 1958 novel by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. His first novel, it became an "instant classic"[1] and made Fuentes into an immediate "literary sensation".[2] The novel's success allowed Fuentes to leave his job as a diplomat and become a full-time author.[2]

The novel is built around the story of Federico Robles – who has abandoned his revolutionary ideals to become a powerful financier – but also offers "a kaleidoscopic presentation" of vignettes of Mexico City, making it as much a "biography of the city" as of an individual man.[3] It was celebrated not only for its prose, which made heavy use of interior monologue and explorations of the subconscious,[2] but also for its "stark portrait of inequality and moral corruption in modern Mexico".[1]

In November 2008, the Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española) together with Spanish academies from all the world, released a special edition of the book to celebrate its 50th anniversary.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Husna Haq (May 16, 2012). "Carlos Fuentes: 5 best novels". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Anthony DePalma (May 15, 2012). "Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Man of Letters, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  3. Genevieve Slomski (November 2010). "Where the Air Is Clear". Masterplots. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  4. "La región más transparente". Real Academia Española. Retrieved February 25, 2017.

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