| Nietzsche on His Balcony Contributor(s): Fuentes, Carlos (Author), Shaskan Bumas, E. (Translator), Branger, Alejandro (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1628971584 ISBN-13: 9781628971583 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2016031193 |
| Series: Mexican Literature |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.00 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On a hot, insomniac night at the Hotel Metropol, the novelist Carlos Fuentes steps onto his balcony only to find another man on the balcony next door. The other man asks for news of the social strife turning into revolution in the unnamed city below them. He reveals himself as the 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, permitted to revisit earth once a year for 24 hours based on his theory of eternal return. With tenderness and gallows humor, the novelist and the philosopher unflinchingly tell the story of the beginning of the revolution, its triumph, fanaticism, terror, and retrenchment: a story of love, friendship, family, commitment, passion, corruption, betrayal, violence, and hope. |
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. Fuentes was born in Panama City, the son of Mexican parents, and moved to Mexico as a teenager. He served as an ambassador to England and France, and taught at universities including Harvard, Princeton, Brown and Columbia. He died in Mexico City in 2012.Branger, Alejandro: - Alejandro Branger is a writer and filmmaker. He lives in New York City. He is the co-translator of Carlos Fuentes's novellas Vlad (Dalkey Archive Press, 2012) and Adam in Eden (Dalkey Archive Press, 2013). |