Book description
P>I>is an A to Z of the things that he loves and believes in. In
a series of inspired meditations and polemics, he embraces his subjects
such as Balzac' and Beauty' and Sex' and Shakespeare'. The essays are
woven together with the familiar Fuentes themes of politics, time and
language, and through them runs the vein of his personal journey, his
views on love, sex, women, friendship and family. From Amor' to Zrich',
this is a collection of thoughts that is both witty and profoundly
searching. <
Carlos Fuentes is Mexico's most admired novelist, and this is his
manifesto, and memoir, offering a rare and wonderful insight into the
mind of a great writer. This I Believe <
'Magnificent ... an essay on children made me weep
as I read it ... he is a marvellous novelist' Nicholas Shakespeare,
Daily Telegraph 'This collection examines the people, places and
ideas that have shaped Fuentes's life ... stimulating and provoking'
Sunday Times 'A characteristically dazzling display of Fuentes'
erudition and of a remarkable life, divided between politics and
literature, seasoned by success on several continents, and marred by
personal tragedy ... The book defies categorization ... There are
flashes of his soul' Financial Times 'Fuentes certainly dazzles; he
cites aptly, and scatters one-liners. As you read him, you sense
genuine mental alertness and snappy judgements. There's a touch of
the guru in this latest book, revealing our world to us' Independent
P>I>is an A to Z of the things that he loves and
believes in. In a series of inspired meditations and polemics, he
embraces his subjects such as Balzac' and Beauty' and Sex' and
Shakespeare'. The essays are woven together with the familiar
Fuentes themes of politics, time and language, and through them runs
the vein of his personal journey, his views on love, sex, women,
friendship and family. From Amor' to Zrich', this is a collection of
thoughts that is both witty and profoundly searching. <
Carlos Fuentes is Mexico's most admired novelist, and this is his
manifesto, and memoir, offering a rare and wonderful insight into the
mind of a great writer. This I Believe <
