About the Author

Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's leading novelist, is also an essayist and writer of screenplays as well as political commentary. Trained as a lawyer, he was Mexico's ambassador to France in the 1970s. Among his many novels are Terra Nostra, The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo and Christopher Unborn.

Reviews

"With his exciting analysis of the future of Mexico, Fuentes presents a stirring invocation of the democratic principles which, he believes, must be promoted if Mexico is to honor both its richest and its poorest citizens, its ancient past and its developed future."--"Hispanic Heritage