Myself with Others (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Carlos Fuentes
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Essays
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Writing, Multiculturalism, Latin America or Latin Americans, Geopolitics, Literary criticism
Many of the same political and artistic themes which shape Carlos Fuentes’ novels are the dominant concerns of the ten essays which comprise Myself with Others, the Mexican writer's reflections on his life as a writer and the ideas, people, and events which have shaped his career. Here one reads Fuentes’ views on the cultural identity of Latin Americans; his fascination with the complex representation of human perceptions of time in narrative; and his interpretation of so-called marginalized societies, be they the banana republics of Latin America or nations of the Eastern...
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