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Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980) was one of the major Latin American writers of the twentieth century, as well as a classically trained pianist and musicologist. His best-known novels are The Lost Steps, Explosion in a Cathedral, and The Kingdom of This World. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and raised in Havana, Cuba, Carpentier lived for many years in France and Venezuela before returning to Cuba after the 1959 revolution. A few years later he returned to France, where he lived until his death.<b>A tour de force</b> ... built around the exciting and timely theme of revolutionary-turned-tyrant
The New York Times Book Review
Not an ordinary historical novel, but rather a <b>poetic</b>, <b>highly informed</b> essay ... <b>in rich prose, a host of memorable impressions</b> ... Splendidly written
Kirkus Reviews
What does this novel have to tell us about colonialism, globalization, feminism, human rights, the rights of nature, transculturation, migration, war? ... <b><i>Explosion in a Cathedral </i>continues to accompany us, to question us, to challenge and move us, and ultimately to help us in the arduous and terrible exercise of reading the world</b>
- Alejandro Zambra, The Paris Review