Aura (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Carlos Fuentes
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Plot: Gothic fantasy
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s
- Setting: Mexico City
- Principal Characters: Felipe Montero, Consuelo Llorente, Aura
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Gothic fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Folkloric or magical people, Love or romance, Supernatural, Witches or witchcraft, Mexico or Mexicans
- Locales: New York, NY, Mexico City, Mexico
The Novel
The fantastic nature of this short novel is indicated at its very beginning when Felipe Montero, an indigent young man, reads a newspaper advertisement requesting the services of a historian. The advertisement is so suited to his own experience, needs, and skills that it seems to be addressed to him and to no one else; all that is missing is his name. This sense of Montero’s being especially summoned by the advertisement is further emphasized when he arrives at an ancient mansion in the old section of town where no one lives. As he enters the door, he takes one last...
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