The Death of Artemio Cruz

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The Death of Artemio Cruz is a landmark 1962 novel by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes that uses fragmented, shifting perspectives to explore power, memory, and corruption in post-revolutionary Mexico.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
adaptation radio adaptation
author Carlos Fuentes
centralEvent Artemio Cruz on his deathbed recalling his life
character Catalina
Padilla
Teresa
countryOfOrigin Mexico
explores formation of Mexican national identity
relationship between personal memory and history
followedBy Aura
genre historical novel
modernist novel
political novel
hasSubject Mexican Revolution
landownership and agrarian reform
hasTranslation English
influencedBy William Faulkner
modernist narrative techniques
literaryMovement Latin American Boom
literarySignificance landmark of 20th-century Latin American literature
mainCharacter Artemio Cruz
narrativePerspective first person
second person
third person
narrativeTechnique fragmented narrative
shifting perspectives
notableFor critique of post-revolutionary Mexican elite
innovative narrative structure
originalLanguage Spanish
originalTitle La muerte de Artemio Cruz
partOf Carlos Fuentes bibliography
precededBy Where the Air Is Clear
publicationYear 1962
publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica
settingLocation Mexico
settingPeriod post-revolutionary Mexico
structure frame narrative around deathbed
nonlinear timeline
theme Mexican Revolution legacy
betrayal
corruption
death
identity
memory
power
timeSpanDepicted from Mexican Revolution to mid-20th century

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Latin American Boom notableWork The Death of Artemio Cruz
Latin American literature hasNotableWork The Death of Artemio Cruz
The Death of Artemio Cruz originalTitle La muerte de Artemio Cruz
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Carlos Fuentes notableWork The Death of Artemio Cruz
Artemio Cruz appearsIn The Death of Artemio Cruz
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Teresa appearsIn The Death of Artemio Cruz
Teresa workOriginalTitle La muerte de Artemio Cruz
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Padilla appearsIn The Death of Artemio Cruz
Padilla appearsIn La muerte de Artemio Cruz
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Padilla workOriginalTitle La muerte de Artemio Cruz
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Margaret Sayers Peden translatedWork The Death of Artemio Cruz
Cambio de piel relatedWorkByAuthor La muerte de Artemio Cruz
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