The Old Gringo: A Novel

by Carlos Fuentes

2020-12-31 21:47:20

One of Carlos Fuentes''s greatest works, The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa''s soldiers, particularly his encounter with ... Read more

One of Carlos Fuentes''s greatest works, The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa''s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.

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Book Details

File size8.27 X 5.55 X 0.52 in
Print pages208
PublisherFarrar, Straus And Giroux
Publication date February 20, 2007
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780374530525
Carlos Fuentes Macías (Nov 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. He was the author of 24 novels, including The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo and Terra Nostra, and al...

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