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Aura
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Great quick read! Fuentes is a brilliant writer, sadly recently deceased.

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Mounir
رواية قصيرة ومكثفة وبديعة. مع دخول بطل القصة إلى المنزل الذي سيعمل به نترك عالم الواقع وراءنا وندخل معه إلى أجواء خيالية في مكان يغلب عليه الظلام والظلال والغموض وشخصيات غريبة الأطوار.
يتداخل الواقع مع الخيال، واليقظة مع الحلم، والماضي مع الحاضر، ويؤدي كل ذلك إلى مسار غاية في الغرابة نفهم ما يهدف إليه ولكننا لا نرى نهايته.
يستخدم كارلوس فوينتيس لغة شاعرية تعتمد على الإيحاء، مع كثير من التفاصيل المنمنمة التي ترسم أجواء شبه أسطورية لبيت قديم وسط مدينة حديثة. والرواية كلها مكتوبة بضمير المخاطَب: وكأن
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Beth
I loved The Death of Artemio Cruz when I read it last year, so I was deeply saddened reading of Carlos Fuentes's recent death. Today I went out and grabbed this little gem to read more of his work. Aura is a little bit of a Gothic mystery, a little bit of a romance, and completely engaging. An unemployed historian reads a help wanted ad that seems written especially for him. He presents himself for the interview at an eerie old house in the city's center and learns that he is to edit the memoirs ...more
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