La frontera de cristal

Carlos Fuentes examines the separation between Mexico and the United States through the lens of discrimination, racism, violence, but also the strength of Mexican life, which seems to survive all aggressions.

In La frontera de cristal, Carlos Fuentes is the same narrator as in his best books: aggressive, vital, powerful. He finds every possible angle in a story, with an unexpected twist: humor.

This novel is told through nine stories that take place, on both sides, in the vicinity of the border line between Mexico and the United States. Beyond the inevitable, which usually appears in the form of discrimination, violence, and helplessness, the characters who inhabit these pages find material for dreams and energy for humor, if only because they know that "the only real border is between body and soul."

Carlos Fuentes reproduces the separation that has occurred between both countries over 200 years and examines it through the lens of discrimination, racism, violence, but also the strength of Mexican life, which seems to survive all aggressions.

Critics have said:

"By telling our stories, Carlos Fuentes makes us indispensable, and thanks to him, we are recognizable" -Elena Poniatowska-

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

This novel portrays Carlos Fuentes' best; it is aggressive, sharp, and powerful. With penetrating humor and frank narrative, the nine stories (in this novel) depict the rift that has occurred between the U.S. and Mexico in the last two hundred years. But Fuentes also gives us an insight into the force of Mexican life and culture, and how it has been able to survive in spite of the injustice and corruption in Mexico that have caused so many to seek to immigrate.

Author: Carlos Fuentes
Publisher: Debolsillo
Published: 09/27/2016
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9786073144674
ISBN10: 6073144679
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author
Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012). Connoted intellectual and one of the main exponents of Mexican narrative, he has a vast body of work that includes novels, short stories, plays, and essays. He received numerous awards, among them the following: Biblioteca Breve Prize 1967 for Cambio de piel; Xavier Villaurrutia Prize and Rómulo Gallegos Prize for Terra nostra; Alfonso Reyes International Prize 1979; National Prize for Sciences and Arts in Linguistics and Literature 1984; Cervantes Prize 1987; Order of Cultural Independence Rubén Darío, awarded by the Sandinista Government, 1988; Italo-American Institute Prize 1989 for Gringo viejo; Rectoral Medal of the University of Chile, 1991; Condecoration with the Order of Merit of Chile, in the degree of Commander, 1993; Prince of Asturias Award 1994; Grinzane Cavour International Prize 1994; Picasso Prize, awarded by UNESCO, 1994; Cervantes Prize, 1987; Latinity Prize awarded by the Brazilian and French Academies of Language, 2000; Legion of Honor of the French Government, 2003; Roger Caillois Prize 2003; Royal Spanish Academy Prize 2004 for En esto creo; Galileo 2000 Prize, Italy, 2005; Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, 2008; Don Quijote de la Mancha International Prize 2008; Grand Medal of Verneil 2010; and Formento de las Letras Prize, 2011.