The Death of Artemio Cruz (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Carlos Fuentes
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1889-1959
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, Revolutionaries, Nineteenth century, Marriage, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Oppression, Death or dying, Moral conditions, Business or business people, Corruption, Mexico or Mexicans, Millionaires
- Locales: Mexico City, Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico
Places Discussed
*Mexico City hospital. Mexico’s capital and largest city, where Cruz is dying in a hospital bed. Fuentes confines his main character to this restrictive place to illustrate Cruz’s descent into near madness from the powerful, aggressive but tragic personality he once exhibited. Due to the limitation of the hospitalization, readers understand the conflict of a man brought face to face with his own mortality. Cruz’s decline contrasts with the character who earlier seemed to embody the spirit of Mexican nationalism. His suffering parallels the uncertain...
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