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2004 Award
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Inez
by Carlos Fuentes
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Following
the rich historical drama of The Years with Laura Diaz, Carlos
Fuentes returns with an entirely different new work - a magical novel of
love and art, life and death. Two narratives are intertwined here: one concerns
Gabriel Atlan-Ferrara, a fabled orchestra conductor, and his great passion
for a red-haired Mexican diva, Inez Prada; the other is a mysterious, unforgettable
telling of the first encounter in human history between a man and a woman.
The dissonant drama of Berlioz's music for The Damnation of Faust, which
brings Atlan-Ferrara and Inez together, resounds on every page of this haunting
work, while the emergent love of neh-el and ah-nel - the original lovers
- reminds us of the Faustian pact of love and death. Linking these two stories
is a beautiful crystal seal that belongs to Atlan-Ferrara, it's meaning
an enigma that obsesses him. It may be that this ancient, strange and seductive
object gives its bearer the ability to read unknown languages and hear music
of impossible beauty. The duality of Inez mirrors two eras, one deeply remote and one perhaps yet to come, but the passions evoked in both transcend the limits of time and space. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Carlos Fuentes, born in Panama in 1928, has taught at Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, and many other universities. He is the author of more than a dozen novels - including, most recently, The Years with Laura Diaz, which was short-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2002 - as well as several works of non-fiction. In 1987, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the highest honour given to a Spanish-language writer. Mr. Fuentes divides his time between Mexico City and London, and lectures frequently in the United States. |
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