The Kingdom of This World
The Kingdom of This World (Spanish: El reino de este mundo) is a novel by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier, published in 1949 in his native Spanish and first translated into English in 1957. A work of historical fiction, it tells the story of Haiti before, during, and after the Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint Louverture, as seen by its central character, Ti Noel, who serves as the novel's connecting thread. Carpentier's work has been influenced by his multi-cultural experience and his passion for the arts, as well as by authors such as Miguel de Cervantes. The novel stems from the author's desire to retrace the roots and history of the New World, and is embedded with what Carpentier calls "lo real maravilloso" or "the marvelous real"—a concept he introduced to the world of literature (not
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The Kingdom of This World
The Kingdom of This World (Spanish: El reino de este mundo) is a novel by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier, published in 1949 in his native Spanish and first translated into English in 1957. A work of historical fiction, it tells the story of Haiti before, during, and after the Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint Louverture, as seen by its central character, Ti Noel, who serves as the novel's connecting thread. Carpentier's work has been influenced by his multi-cultural experience and his passion for the arts, as well as by authors such as Miguel de Cervantes. The novel stems from the author's desire to retrace the roots and history of the New World, and is embedded with what Carpentier calls "lo real maravilloso" or "the marvelous real"—a concept he introduced to the world of literature (not
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Le Royaume de ce monde (espagn ...... re Monsieur Lenormand de Mezy.
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Riket av denna världen, (El re ...... uentes och Mario Vargas Llosa.
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Book cover featuring a Haitian man with a hat and a sword
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Front cover of the first edition of the book's translation
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Hardcover and paperback
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The Kingdom of This World
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Edición y Distribución Iberoamericana de Publicaciones
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Harriet de Onís
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Alfred A. Knopf(English)
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Das Reich von dieser Welt
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El reino de este mundo
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Il regno di questo mondo
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The Kingdom of This World
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مملكة هذا العالم (رواية)
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