The Campaign | Techniques
The Campaign, as some critics maintain, may be Fuentes' finest novel. The narrative is both subtle and complex, but does not involve the experimental writing which characterized the author's other major novels. It is comparatively easier to read and is consistently pleasurable throughout. As usual, Fuentes is concerned with understanding history, in this book the history of the wars which made the various Latin American countries independent.
The story is based on the letters sent by Baltasar Bustos, a fighter for the cause, to his friends back in Buenos Aires where...
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