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by Carlos Fuentes (Author)

«No creas que al principio fuimos felices. Tampoco se te ocurra que al final lo seremos.

Baltasar Bustos, un estudiante de derecho y empleado de la Audiencia de Buenos Aires, se introduce en la recámara del presidente de esa Audiencia y reemplaza a su hijo recién nacido por un niño negro, hijo de una prostituta enferma y azotada públicamente. Horas más tarde, el edificio se incendia y deja irreconocible el cadáver del niño negro. El hijo legítimo es entregado a esclavas.

Es la época en la que una juventud ilustrada por las lecturas de Voltaire, Rousseau y Diderot, e impulsada por el espíritu irrefrenable del romanticismo, se lanza a la lucha por la independencia. Tres amigos, que se alternan la narración, describen los preparativos de esa lucha y de sus batallas, las ideas que las alimentan y los tropiezos que sufren para lograr sus conquistas (sociales, sexuales, políticas).

La campaña, única novela integrante de la serie El tiempo romántico, nos permite ver las semejanzas y diferencias entre las luchas independentistas en diversos países latinoamericanos y las dudas de los caudillos (algunos, personajes reales de esas luchas; otros ficticios, pero igualmente poderosos), a través de la prosa siempre vital de Carlos Fuentes.

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Carlos Fuentes

«Don't think that we were happy in the beginning. Don't even dream that we'll be happy in the end.

Baltasar Bustos, a law student and employee of the Audiencia of Buenos Aires, enters the chamber of the president of that Court and replaces his newborn son with a black baby, the son of a sick and publicly whipped prostitute. Hours later, the building catches fire, leaving the black boy's body unrecognizable. The legitimate son is given to slaves.

It's the time when the youth, enlightened by the readings of Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot, and driven by the irrepressible spirit of romanticism, launched into the struggle for independence. Three friends, who alternate the narration, describe the preparations for that fight and its battles, the ideas that feed them and the obstacles they suffer to attain their conquests (social, sexual, political).

The Campaign, the only novel belonging to the series The Romantic Time, allows us to see the similarities and differences between the struggles for independence in various Latin American countries and the doubts of the leaders (some, real-life characters in those struggles; others fictitious, but equally as powerful), through the always vital prose of Carlos Fuentes.

Author Biography

Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012), reconocido intelectual y uno de los principales exponentes de la narrativa mexicana, tiene una vasta obra que incluye novela, cuento, teatro y ensayo. En ella destacanLa región más transparente(1958), Aura(1961), La muerte de Artemio Cruz(1962), Cambio de piel(1967), Terra Nostra(1975), Una familia lejana(1980), Gringo viejo(1985), Cristóbal Nonato(1987), Diana o La cazadora solitaria(1994), Los años con Laura Díaz(1999), En esto creo(2002), Todas las familias felices(2006), La voluntad y la fortuna(2008), Adán en Edén(2009), La gran novela latinoamericana(2011), Carolina Grau(2011), Personas(2012), Federico en su balcón(2012) yPantallas de plata(2014), este último publicado póstumamente.

Ha recibido numerosos premios, entre ellos los siguientes: Premio Biblioteca Breve 1967 porCambio de piel; Premio Xavier Villaurrutia y Premio Rómulo Gallegos porTerra Nostra; Premio Internacional Alfonso Reyes 1979; Premio Cervantes 1987; Premio Príncipe de Asturias 1994; Premio Internacional Grinzane Cavour 1994; Legión de Honor del Gobierno Francés, 2003; Premio Roger Caillois 2003; Premio Real Academia Española 2004 porEn esto creo; Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica, 2008; Premio Internacional Don Quijote de la Mancha 2008, y Premio Formentor 2011. Fue catedrático en las universidades deHarvard y Cambridge (Inglaterra) y poseía una larga lista de doctorados honoris causa por universidades como Harvard, Cambridge, Essex, Miami y Chicago, entre otras.
Number of Pages: 360
Dimensions: 0.94 x 9.45 x 5.83 IN
Publication Date: September 21, 2021

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