Carlos Fuentes – The Death Of Artemio Cruz – First Edition 1964
£35.00
First edition, first printing of The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes, published by Collins, London in 1964. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original orange cloth with gilt titling to the spine, damp-staining to the spine, toning to the text block with spotting to the top edge. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with pushing to extremities and fading to the spine. Jacket design by John Larkin.
The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes is a powerful exploration of memory, power and identity in post-revolutionary Mexico. As the wealthy Artemio Cruz lies dying, he reflects on his life—from idealistic revolutionary to corrupt tycoon. Told through fragmented, shifting perspectives, the novel exposes the compromises and betrayals that shaped his rise. Fuentes uses experimental narrative and stream-of-consciousness to critique Mexico’s political history and the moral decay beneath personal ambition and national myth.
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First edition, first printing of The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes, published by Collins, London in 1964. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original orange cloth with gilt titling to the spine, damp-staining to the spine, toning to the text block with spotting to the top edge. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with pushing to extremities and fading to the spine. Jacket design by John Larkin.
The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes is a powerful exploration of memory, power and identity in post-revolutionary Mexico. As the wealthy Artemio Cruz lies dying, he reflects on his life—from idealistic revolutionary to corrupt tycoon. Told through fragmented, shifting perspectives, the novel exposes the compromises and betrayals that shaped his rise. Fuentes uses experimental narrative and stream-of-consciousness to critique Mexico’s political history and the moral decay beneath personal ambition and national myth.
