The lost steps / Alejo Carpentier ; translated by Harriet de Onis ; introduction by Timothy Brennan.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2001.Edition: 1st University of Minnesota Press edDescription: xiii, 278 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0816638071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Pasos perdidos. English
DDC classification:
  • 863/.64 21
LOC classification:
  • PQ7389.C263 P313 2001
Review: "Translated into twenty languages and published in more than fourteen Spanish editions, The Lost Steps, originally published in 1953, is Alejo Carpentier's most heralded novel. A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of the few remaining areas of the world not yet touched by civilization - the upper reaches of a great South American river.Summary: The Lost Steps describes his search, his adventures, and the remarkable decision he makes in a village that seems truly outside history."--BOOK JACKET.
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"Translated into twenty languages and published in more than fourteen Spanish editions, The Lost Steps, originally published in 1953, is Alejo Carpentier's most heralded novel. A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of the few remaining areas of the world not yet touched by civilization - the upper reaches of a great South American river.

The Lost Steps describes his search, his adventures, and the remarkable decision he makes in a village that seems truly outside history."--BOOK JACKET.

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