Alejo Carpentier

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Short Fiction

El acoso [Manhunt; also published as The Chase] (novella) 1956

*La guerra del tiempo: Tres relatos y una novela [The War of Time] (novella and short stories) 1958

Concierto barroco [Concierto Barroco] (novella) 1974

Other Major Works

Poèmes des Antilles: Neuf chants sur des textes d'Alejo Carpentier (poetry) 1931

¡Écue-Yamba-Ó Novela afrocubana (novel) 1933

La muúica en Cuba (history) 1946

El reino de este mundo [The Kingdom of This World] (novel) 1949

Los pasos perdidos [The Lost Steps] (novel) 1953

El siglo de las luces [Explosion in a Cathedral] (novel) 1962

Tientos y diferencias (essays) 1964

Literatura y conciencia política en América Latina (essays) 1969

La ciudad de las columnas (history) 1970

El recurso del método [Reasons of State] (novel) 1974

El arpa y la sombra [The Harp and the Shadow] (novel) 1979

La consagración de la primavera (novel) 1979

Obras completas. 9 vols. 1983-1986

*This work contains El acoso, "El camino de Santiago," "Viaje a la semilla," and "Semejante a la noche." The 1970 English language edition contains "Highroad of St. James," "Journey Back to the Source," "Like the Night," "Right of Sanctuary," and "The Chosen."

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