Aura

Since its publication in 1962, Carlos Fuentes' novel, 'Aura', remains not merely an object of academic interest but a continuous source of controversy in Mexico. It was the explosive combination of sex and religion that incensed the Ministro de Hacienda, Salvador Abascal, and linked 'Aura' to the recent polemical Mexican film 'El crimen del Padre Amaro'. 'Aura' is preoccupied with the place and persistence of the sacred in modern Mexico rather than simply the secret abuses of institutional Catholicism. This critical edition of the work is accompanied by an introduction and notes on the text.

Author: Peter Standish
Publisher: University of Durham
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 53
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.16lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.11d
ISBN13: 9780719081835
ISBN10: 0719081831
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American

About the Author

Peter Standish is Professor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, East Carolina University