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hiss  ·  4220 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear Hubski Book Club

Terra Nostra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Nostra_(novel)

    Terra Nostra, perhaps Fuentes' most ambitious novel, is a "massive, Byzantine work" that tells the story of all Hispanic civilization.[1] Modeled on James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, Terra Nostra shifts unpredictably between the sixteenth century and the twentieth, seeking the roots of contemporary Latin American society in the struggle between the conquistadors and indigenous Americans. Like Artemio Cruz, the novel also draws heavily on cinematic techniques.[1]

Could be a good read after Kundera, as he provides the afterword.