Alejo Carpentier (Author of The Kingdom of This World)

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Alejo Carpentier

Born

in Lausanne, Switzerland

December 26, 1904

Died

April 24, 1980

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Politics

Influences

Rub茅n Dar铆o, Marcel Proust, Miguel Angel Asturias, Victor Hugo, 础苍诲谤茅 ...more

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Writings of Cuban author, musicologist, and diplomat Alejo Carpentier influenced the development of magical realism; his novels include Lord, Praised Be Thou! (1933) and The Kingdom of This World (1949).

Alejo Carpentier Blagoobrasoff, an essayist, greatly influenced Latin American literature during its "boom" period.

Perhaps most important intellectual figure of the 20th century, this classically trained pianist and theorist of politics and literature produced avant-garde radio programming. Best known Carpentier also collaborated with such luminaries as Igor Stravinsky, Darius Milhaud, Georges Bataille, and Antonin Artaud. With Havana, he strongly self-identified throughout his life. People jailed and exiled him, who lived for many ...more

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	The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier, Harriet de On铆s (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 7,700 ratings — published 1949 — 165 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier, Harriet de On铆s (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 3,533 ratings — published 1953 — 172 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El siglo de las luces 4.11 avg rating — 3,301 ratings — published 1962 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Concierto barroco by Alejo Carpentier, Gonzalo Celorio (Prologue by) 3.77 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Viaje a la semilla 3.95 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 1944 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El arpa y la sombra 3.71 avg rating — 693 ratings — published 1979 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El recurso del m茅todo 4.06 avg rating — 560 ratings — published 1974 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chase 3.49 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 1956 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La consagraci贸n de la primavera 4.35 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1978 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guerra del tiempo y otros relatos 3.96 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 1958 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Now he understood that a man never knows for whom he suffers and hopes. He suffers and hopes and toils for people he will never know, and who, in turn, will suffer and hope and toil for others who will not be happy either, for man always seeks a happiness far beyond that which is meted out to him. But man's greatness consists in the very fact of wanting to be better than he is. In laying duties upon himself. In the Kingdom of Heaven there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is infinite, there is no possibility of sacrifice, all is rest and joy. For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in the Kingdom of this World.”
― Alejo Carpentier, The Kingdom of This World

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“The truth was much more beautiful.”
― Alejo Carpentier, The Lost Steps

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“Un d铆a, los hombres descubrir谩n un alfabeto en los ojos de las calcedonias, en los pardos terciopelos de la falena, y entonces se sabr谩 con asombro que cada caracol manchado era, desde siempre, un poema.”
― Alejo Carpentier, The Lost Steps

tags: el-ambiente, 别濒-辫辞别蝉铆补, la-naturaleza

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