The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World
by Fuentes, Carlos
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- ISBN 10
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- 9780395479780
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Hard Cover. 399 p., 160 illus. (some color), index, 26 cm. In his introduction to this passionate history of Spain and the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas, Carlos Fuentes asks the necessary question: What do we really have to celebrate on the five hundredth anniversary of Columbus's historic voyage to the New World? "Sources and readings", p. 366-387. Stock#43791. Vg /dj vg.
Synopsis
As the Los Angeles Times said: "Drawing expertly on five centuries of the cultural history of Europe and the Americas, Fuentes seeks to capture the spirit of the new, vibrant, and enduring civilization [in the New World] that began in Spain." Fuentes's singular success in this remarkable endeavor has made the book a classic in its field. (A Mariner Reissue).
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- Bookseller
- The Owl at the Bridge (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43791
- Title
- The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World
- Author
- Fuentes, Carlos
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395479789
- ISBN 13
- 9780395479780
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Spain and Portugal
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: Europe;
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