Carlos Fuentes' The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962) | Book Review and Analysis

A reflection on Carlos Fuentes' The Death of Artemio Cruz (La muerte de Artemio Cruz), a key novel of the Latin American Boom. English translation by Alfred MacAdam published by Noonday Press in 1991.

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Contents:
00:00 – Intro
01:44 – About the novel
02:58 – Themes
04:43 – Structure
06:27 – Protagonist
08:03 – The Death of Artemio Cruz and history
09:58 – The Death of Artemio Cruz and film
12:43 – Criticism (Harold Bloom, Luis Harss, Luis Gregorich)
15:50 – My reaction to the novel
18:29 – Bottom line
20:09 – Coda: Meeting Carlos Fuentes