Alejo Carpentier: The Pilgrim at Home (Texas Pan American Series)

One of the most insightful and complete critical treatments of the life and works of a figure who has dominated Spanish American letters in this century and who has been credited with inventing the term 'magical realism.' . . . It is a very readable text, written with clarity and grace of style. It should be high on the list of anyone interested in the personality and literary production of Alejo Carpentier, as well as in the intellectual milieu out of which he arose.Roberto González Echevarría is the author of 'Alejo Carpentier: The Pilgrim at Home (Texas Pan American Series)', published 1991 under ISBN 9780292704176 and ISBN 0292704178.