Reasons of State

Name: Reasons of State
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780904613520

by Unknown Author

311 pages1981Writers & ReadersISBN 9780904613520

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This novel tells the tale of the dictator of an unnamed Latin American country who has been living the life of luxury in high-society Paris. When news reaches him of a coup at home, he rushes back and crushes it with brutal military force. But returning to Paris he is given a chilly welcome, and learns that photographs of the atrocities have been circulating among his well-to-do friends. Meanwhile World War One has broken out, and another rebellion forces the dictator back across the ocean. As he struggles with the Marxist forces beginning to find footing in his own country, and Europe is devastated.

Publication Details

Publisher: Writers & Readers
Published: 1981
Pages: 311
ISBN: 9780904613520

About Unknown Author

Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (Lausana, 26 de diciembre de 1904-París, 24 de abril de 1980) fue un escritor cubano y francés que influyó notablemente en la literatura latinoamericana durante su periodo de auge. La crítica lo consideró uno de los escritores fundamentales del siglo XX en lengua española, y uno de los artífices de la renovación literaria latinoaméricana, en particular a través de un estilo que incorpora varias dimensiones y aspectos de la imaginación para recrear la realidad, elementos que contribuyeron a su formación y uso de «lo real maravilloso». Entre sus novelas destacan *El reino de este mundo* (1949), *Los pasos perdidos* (1953), *El siglo de las luces* (1962), *El recurso del método* (1974) y *La consagración de la primavera* (1978). Fuente: [Wikipedia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejo_Carpentier) ---------- Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (Lausanne, December 26, 1904 – Paris, April 24, 1980) was a Cuban-French writer who had a significant influence on Latin American literature during its golden age. Critics considered him one of the most important writers of the 20th century in the Spanish language, and one of the key figures in the literary renewal of Latin America, particularly through a style that incorporates various dimensions and aspects of the imagination to recreate reality—elements that contributed to his development and use of what he termed "magical realism." Among his novels are *El reino de este mundo* (1949), *Los pasos perdidos* (1953), *El siglo de las luces* (1962), *El recurso del método* (1974) y *La consagración de la primavera* (1978).