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The Death of Artemio Cruz

Also Known As La muerte de Artemio Cruz
Historical Fiction and Romance

A historical novel by the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, published in 1962 as La muerte de Artemio Cruz. Told in fragmented, shifting narrative voices across the final day in the life of its title character, a corrupt and dying tycoon who rose from the Mexican Revolution, it traces his moral compromises against the broader arc of Mexico's revolutionary and post-revolutionary history and is regarded as one of the foundational novels of the Latin American Boom. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Spanish 1
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1962 1
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    The Death of Artemio Cruz (original Spanish title: La muerte de Artemio Cruz) is a historical novel published in 1962 by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
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    The Death of Artemio Cruz (original Spanish title: La muerte de Artemio Cruz, pronounced [aɾˈtemjo ˈkɾus]) is a historical novel published in 1962 by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. An English translation by Sam Hileman was published in 1964, and a new translation by Alfred MacAdam in 1991. It is considered to be a milestone in the Latin American Boom.
  • Authored By: Carlos Fuentes, Lead section, authorship
    The Death of Artemio Cruz (original Spanish title: La muerte de Artemio Cruz) is a historical novel published in 1962 by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
  • In Genre: Historical Fiction, Lead section, historical novel
    A historical novel by the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, published in 1962 as La muerte de Artemio Cruz.
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