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- catalog abstract ""Where the Air is Clear, Carlos Fuentes's first novel, opens with a metaphorical description of Mexico City and the challenges facing its inhabitants and quickly becomes an unsparing portrayal of the upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes constructs his novel around a series of encounters with members of this world, including Federico Robles, an ambitious self-made millionaire; Rodrigo Pola, a writer whose father was executed in the Mexican Revolution; and Norma Larragoiti, a social climber striving to erase her humble past. At the center of these events is Ixca Cienfuegos, an anonymous figure who views the dramas enacted around him with unusual clarity, and who, with the aid of an Indian priestess, plots the destruction of the group. Overlaying Mexican myths onto contemporary settings, Fuentes shows that even the rich and powerful must succumb to the indomitable spirit of Mexico, which undermines all institutions and shapes all destinies."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Región más transparente. English".
- catalog contributor b13307810.
- catalog contributor b13307811.
- catalog coverage "Mexico City (Mexico) Fiction.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Where the Air is Clear, Carlos Fuentes's first novel, opens with a metaphorical description of Mexico City and the challenges facing its inhabitants and quickly becomes an unsparing portrayal of the upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes constructs his novel around a series of encounters with members of this world, including Federico Robles, an ambitious self-made millionaire; Rodrigo Pola, a writer whose father was executed in the Mexican Revolution; and Norma Larragoiti, a social climber striving to erase her humble past. At the center of these events is Ixca Cienfuegos, an anonymous figure who views the dramas enacted around him with unusual clarity, and who, with the aid of an Indian priestess, plots the destruction of the group. Overlaying Mexican myths onto contemporary settings, Fuentes shows that even the rich and powerful must succumb to the indomitable spirit of Mexico, which undermines all institutions and shapes all destinies."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 373 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1564783448 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Latin American literature series (Dalkey Archive Press)".
- catalog isPartOf "Latin American literature series".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng spa".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Chicago, Ill.] : Dalkey Archive Press,".
- catalog spatial "Mexico City (Mexico) Fiction.".
- catalog subject "863/.64 22".
- catalog subject "PQ7297.F793 R413 2004".
- catalog title "Región más transparente. English".
- catalog title "Where the air is clear / Carlos Fuentes ; introduction by Ignacio Padilla ; translation by Sam Hileman.".
- catalog type "Mexican fiction 20th century.".
- catalog type "Mexican fiction Illinois Chicago.".
- catalog type "text".