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Fiction Introduction by Timothy Brennan Three works of fiction by the inventor of magic realism-now back in print! "In a nameless, Havana-like city, an anonymous man flees a team of shadowy, relentless political assassins, and ultimately takes refuge in a symphony auditorium during a performance of Beethoven's Eroica. . . . This nightmarish novel does not so much tell a story as map the secret political infrastructure of cities, governments, churches, music, and bodies." The Independent "Carpentier was one of the early giants of modern Latin American literature, a man whose writing helped shape and define the period of 'magic realism.' . . . [The Chase is] a masterpiece." New York Times Book Review "A taut tale of political violence and psychological suspense." San Francisco Chronicle "One of the few perfect novellas in Spanish." G. Cabrera Infante Perhaps Cuba's most important intellectual figure of the twentieth century, Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980) was a novelist, a classically trained pianist and musicologist, a producer of avant-garde radio programming, and an influential theorist of politics and literature. Best known for his novels, Carpentier also collaborated with such lum

Who reads The Chase?

Author

Carpentier, Alejo

Publisher

Univerisity of Minnesota Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816638093

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction

Rating

3.61 / 5 (105 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14