Distant Relations

by Carlos Fuentes

Book Overview

Distant Relations begins in the elegant Automobile club de France as an elderly Count tells a story to the unnamed narrator. But the book does not remain here in the cafe, nor even in France. Instead, as the Count speaks, the story moves across time and space, from Latin America to Europe, from generation to generation. We hear of Hugo, a noted Mexican archeologist, and of his young son, Victor, who were once the Count's houseguests. He tells of their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564783456
• ISBN13: 9781564783455
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher