Terra NostraOne of the great masterpieces of modern Latin American fiction, Terra Nostra is concerned with nothing less than the history of Spain and of South America, with the Indian Gods and with Christianity, with the birth, the passion, and the death of civilizations. Fuentes skillfully blends a wide range of literary forms, stories within stories, Mexican and Spanish myth, and famous literary characters in this novel that is both a historical epic and an apocalyptic vision of modern times. Terra Nostra is that most ambitious and rare of creations--a total work of art. |
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Contents
Flesh Spheres Gray Eyes Beside the Seine | 9 |
At the Feet of El Señor | 31 |
Who Are You? | 58 |
The Kiss of the Page | 102 |
The Silent Hour | 129 |
Juan Agrippa | 145 |
Concubium | 270 |
THE NEW WORLD | 349 |
Memory upon the Lips | 539 |
The Free Spirit | 577 |
The Cabo de los Desastres | 583 |
The Seven Days of El Señor | 589 |
Confessions of a Confessor | 652 |
Manuscript of a Stoic | 676 |
Ashes | 700 |
The Restoration | 713 |
Whirlpool of the Night | 361 |
Day of the Water Night of the Phantom | 412 |
Love of Water | 489 |
The Somnambulist | 522 |
Two Speak of Three | 528 |
The Thirtythree Steps | 752 |
The Last City | 760 |
AFTERWORD | 779 |
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