Holy Place (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Carlos Fuentes
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Mythic
- Time of Work: The early to mid-1960’s
- Setting: Mexico City, Mexico, and Madonna dei Monte, Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Mythological literature
- Subjects: 1960’s, Acting or actors, Mothers, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Mexico or Mexicans, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Italy or Italians
- Locales: Italy, Mexico City, Mexico
Characters Discussed
Guillermo “Mito” Nervo (gee- YEHR-moh MEE-toh NEHR-voh), the narrator, the son of Claudia Nervo, a famous Mexican film star. He is a lanky young man with black eyes, olive skin, and blond hair whose descent into madness is centered on his obsession with his mother and his incestuous desire for her. Kidnapped by Claudia while living with his father and grandmother, he spent his adolescence in boarding schools. Although loved by his mother, he is alternately pushed away from and pulled toward her, based on her whims. While attending a boarding school in...
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