| Aura: Bilingual Edition Contributor(s): Fuentes, Carlos (Author), Kemp, Lysander (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374511713 ISBN-13: 9780374511715 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1986 Annotation: Felipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband's memoirs. There Felipe meets her beautiful green-eyed niece, Aura. His passion for Aura and his gradual discovery of the true relationship between the young woman and her aunt propel the story to its extraordinary conclusion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Magical Realism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 75002417 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.5" W x 8.38" (0.34 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Felipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband's memoirs. There Felipe meets her beautiful green-eyed niece, Aura. His passion for Aura and his gradual discovery of the true relationship between the young woman and her aunt propel the story to its extraordinary conclusion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fuentes, Carlos: - Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) was one of the most influential and celebrated voices in Latin American literature. He was the author of 24 novels, including Aura, The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo and Terra Nostra, and also wrote numerous plays, short stories, and essays. He received the 1987 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor. |