Overview
ĀæAcaso no es la ciudad de MĆ©xico, con una poblaciĆ³n de 10 millones de habitantes y una fuerza policiaca a la que no le importan un par de personas desaparecidas, el hogar ideal para un vampiro moderno?
En la Ćŗltima novela escrita antes de su muerte, Carlos Fuentes propone una revisiĆ³n de aquĆ©l personaje cuya crueldad mĆtica inspirara la novela DrĆ”cula de Bram Stoker.
No luche mĆ”s, Navarro. Ignora usted los infinitos recursos de la muerte. Regrese a la maldiciĆ³n del trabajo, que para usted es una bendiciĆ³n, lo sĆ© y lo entiendo. Usted vive la vida. Yo la codicio. Es una diferencia importante. Lo que nos une es que en este mundo todos usamos a todos, algunos ganamos, otros pierden. ResĆgnese.
Un viejo aristĆ³crata europeo, el conde Vlad Radu, se instala con su hija en una mansiĆ³n con pinta de monasterio en la ciudad de MĆ©xico. Tras soportar siglos de guerras y escasez de sangre humana en Europa, ha decidido trasladarse al otro lado del oceano AtlĆ”ntico y reestablecer su imperio. Aunque para ello deba contratar los servicio de Yves Navarro, un abogado, y de su esposa AsunciĆ³n, una agente de bienes raĆces que guarda un misterioso parecido con una mujer retratada en una antigua fotografĆa...
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Where, Carlos Fuentes asks, is a modern-day vampire to roost?Ā Why not Mexico City, populated by ten million blood sausages (that is, people), and a police force who won't mind a few disappearances?
"Vlad" is Vlad the Impaler, of course, whose mythic cruelty was an inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula. In this sly sequel, Vlad really is undead: dispossessed after centuries of mayhem by Eastern European wars and rampant blood shortages. More than a postmodern riff on "the vampire craze," Vlad is also an anatomy of the Mexican bourgeoisie, as well as our culture's ways of dealing with death. For--as in Dracula--Vlad has need of both a lawyer and a real-estate agent in order to establish his new kingdom, and Yves Navarro and his wife Asunci?n fit the bill nicely. Having recently lost a son, might they not welcome the chance to see their remaining child live forever? More importantly, are the pleasures of middle-class life enough to keep one from joining the legions of the damned?
This book title, Vlad (Spanish Edition), ISBN: 9786073808088, by Carlos Fuentes, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (March 22, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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