Alejo carpentier is one of the most skillful story tellers of the magical realism tradition he actually coined the phrase. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. I read somewhere that mario vargas llosa listed alejo carpentier as an important read in latin american literature. Reino deste mundo, o alejo carpentier, marcelo tapia. They are certainly right after reading this powerful book. He paints a vivid picture of caribbean in this case, haitian colonial life. In the prologue to this work, carpentier expounds on magic realism, which he defines as the representation of marvelous american reality. His name surfaces amongst my goodread friends as well. Yellow brick cinema relaxing music recommended for you. A work of historical fiction, it tells the story of haiti before, during, and after the haitian revolution led by toussaint louverture, as seen by its central character, ti noel, who serves as the novels.
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