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The Death of Artemio Cruz (Spanish: La muerte de Artemio Cruz, pronounced [aɾˈtemjo ˈkɾus]) is an historical fiction novel published in 1962 by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. An English translation by Sam Hileman was published in 1964, and a new translation by Alfred MacAdam in 1991. It is considered to be a milestone in the Latin American Boom. Plot summary Artemio Cruz, a corrupt soldier, politician, journalist, tycoon, and lover, lies on his deathbed, recalling the shaping events of his life, from the Mexican Revolution through the development of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. His family crowds around, pressing him to reveal the location of his will; a priest provides extreme unction, angling for a deathbed confession and reconciliation with the Church (while Artemio indulges in obscene thoughts about the birth of Jesus); his private secretary has come with audiotapes of various corrupt dealings, many with gringo diplomats and speculators. Punctuating the sordid record of betrayal is Cruz's awareness of his failing body and his keen attachment to sensual life. Finally his thoughts decay into a drawn-out death. Themes and significance The Death of Artemio Cruz is today "widely regarded as a seminal work of modern Spanish American literature". Like many of Fuentes' works, the novel used rotating narrators, a technique critic Karen Hardy described as demonstrating "the complexities of a human or national personality". The novel is heavily influenced by Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, and attempts literary parallels to Welles' techniques, including close-up, cross-cutting, deep focus, and flashback. Like Kane, the novel begins with the titular protagonist on his deathbed; the story of Cruz's life is then filled in by flashbacks as the novel moves between past and present. Cruz is a former soldier of the Mexican Revolution who has become wealthy and powerful through "violence, blackmail, bribery, and brutal exploitation of the workers". The novel explores the corrupting effects of power and criticizes the distortion of the revolutionaries' original aims through "class domination, Americanization, financial corruption, and failure of land reform". The Death of Artemio Cruz is dedicated to the sociologist C. Wright Mills, whom Fuentes called "the true voice of North America and great friend in the struggle for the people in Latin America." Film rights In 2012, Chatrone LLC optioned both film and television rights to the novel. Editions Fuentes, Carlos (2 February 2001). La muerte de Artemio Cruz (Spanish ed.). Suma. ISBN 978-84-663-0196-1. Fuentes, Carlos (May 1991). The Death of Artemio Cruz (English translation ed.). Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-0-374-52283-4. References Further reading Aizenberg, Edna (1990). "The Untruths of the Nation: Petals of Blood and Fuentes's "The Death of Artemio Cruz"". Research in African Literatures. 21 (4): 85–103. JSTOR 3819323. Castañeda, V. Émilio (1986). ""The Death of Artemio Cruz": The False Gods and the Death of Mexico". The Centennial Review. 30 (2): 139–147. JSTOR 23738707. Girgen, Cynthia (1995). "The Magic Word in Carlos Fuentes' "The Death of Artemio Cruz"". Hispanic Journal. 16 (1): 123–134. JSTOR 44284413. Cuevas, Marco Polo Hernández (2004). "Modern National Discourse and 'La muerte de Artemio Cruz': The Illusory 'Death' of African Mexican Lineage". Afro-Hispanic Review. 23 (1): 10–16. JSTOR 23054524. Longo, Teresa (1991). "When Opposites Unite: Fuentes' 'La muerte de Artemio Cruz'". Chasqui. 20 (1): 87–94. doi:10.2307/29740329. JSTOR 29740329. Magnarelli, Sharon (1 April 1981). "Women, Violence and Sacrifice in Pedro Páramo and La muerte de Artemio Cruz". Inti. 1 (13): 44–54. JSTOR 23284835. Morton, Adam David (2003). "The Social Function of Carlos Fuentes: A Critical Intellectual or in the 'Shadow of the State'?". Bulletin of Latin American Research. 22 (1): 27–51. doi:10.1111/1470-9856.00063. JSTOR 27733552. Payne, Judith (1994). "Laura's Artemio: Failed Sexual Politics in "La Muerte de Artemio Cruz"". Hispanófila (112): 65–76. JSTOR 43806877. Schiller, Britt-Marie (1987). "Memory and Time in 'The Death of Artemio Cruz'". Latin American Literary Review. 15 (29): 93–103. JSTOR 20119446. Solomon, Irvin D. (1989). "A Feminist Perspective of the Latin American Novel: Carlos Fuentes' "The Death of Artemio Cruz"". Hispanófila (97): 69–75. JSTOR 43808241. External links. Discover the Hispanofila popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Hispanofila books.
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