Book by Fuentes Carlos
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
"In Christopher Unborn, Carlos Fuentes has imagined the worst for his country's near future, but he's done it with such humor, verve, invention, erudition and baroque whirligig plotting that the result is a vital, hopeful book, a great salvage operation in the trash heaps of Western culture, Spanish literature and Mexican history."
Conceived exactly nine months before the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World, the narrator of Christopher Unborn spends the novel waiting to be born. But what kind of world will he be delivered into? "Makesicko City," as the punning narrator calls it, is not doing well in this alternate, worst-case-scenario 1992. Politicians are selling pieces of their country to the United States. A black, acid rain falls relentlessly, forewarning of the even worse ecological catastrophes to come. Gangs of children, confined to the slums, terrorize their wealthy neighbors. A great novel of ideas and a work of aesthetic boldness, Christopher Unborn is a unique, and quite funny, work from one of the twentieth century's most respected authors.
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Versand:
EUR 4,48
Innerhalb der USA
Versand:
EUR 3,58
Innerhalb der USA
Anbieter: Open Books West Loop, Chicago, IL, USA
Trade Paperback. Zustand: Used. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 570185
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, USA
paperback. Zustand: Fair. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1564783391-4-31913551
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Poverty Hill Books, Mt. Prospect, IL, USA
Paperback. Zustand: New. BRAND NEW COPY, Perfect Shape, Not a Remainder, No Black Remainder Mark, d07Fast Shipping With Online Tracking, International Orders shipped Global Priority Air Mail, All orders handled with care and shipped promptly in secure packaging, we ship Mon-Sat and send shipment confirmation emails. Our customer service is friendly, we answer emails fast, accept returns and work hard to deliver 100% Customer Satisfaction!. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0706242929
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Lakeside Books, Benton Harbor, MI, USA
Zustand: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers OTF-S-9781564783394
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
Anbieter: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1564783391-02
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: New. 2005. Rep Tra. Paperback. New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers P006753
Anzahl: 4 verfügbar
Anbieter: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, USA
Zustand: New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3531836-n
Anzahl: 5 verfügbar
Anbieter: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, USA
Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. In Very Good+ condition. Fuentes depicts a dark future for Mexico. It is a story about disaster and survival. The lead character Christopher Palomar, a wonder boy with excellent language skills and total recall, is the narrator who travels through this pessimistic future, where the people still struggle since the last big earthquake in 1985. The novel has a chapter for each of the nine described months of the story, spread out over Christopher's whole life, as he follows in his parents' steps, as they try to save themselves in a chaotic country entering into twilight. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers SKU2010025543
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, USA
Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3531836
Anzahl: 5 verfügbar
Anbieter: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, USA
Zustand: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.85. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers bk1564783391xvz189zvxgdd
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar