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Article: Carlos Fuentes: Poignant Critic in Prophetic Time
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- September 24, 2008
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This November, Carlos Fuentes turns 80 and never has his literature seemed more relevant than today. It's often said, in the circle of art criticism, that time is the test of a work's genius. Fuentes' novels stand that test and border the line to prophesizing.
During election season, while politicians sling political speeches across your heartstrings, I encourage you to read a bit of Fuentes and learn the way of a politician's heart. The Eagle's Throne is characterized as political satire, but creative as it is, it impassions the often-stale topics in México's political past. The novel debuted in 2002 as La Silla del Ãguila, and is available in multiple languages.
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