Shelf Control is a feature where bloggers pick an unread book from our shelves and talk about it a little. It's supposed to be a Wednesday thing but I have French Movie Mercredi on Wednesdays already, so. Shelf Control is hosted at BookshelfFantasies.com
This week's pick is The Death of Artemio Cruz, by Carlos Fuentes.
As this novel opens, Artemio Cruz, an all-powerful newspaper magnate and land baron, lies confined to his bed, gravely ill, and in dreamlike flashes recalls the pivotal episodes of his life...The Death of Artemio Cruz is a haunting voyage into the soul of modern Mexico.
How and when I got it:
I got it in 2017 from the Barnes & Noble in Union Square in Manhattan.
Why I Want to Read It
I first heard of Carlos Fuentes when I read César Aira's book The Literary Conference, which is about what happens when Aira's mad scientist narrator decides he wants to clone Fuentes. I kind of need to learn about the author who inspired Aira's story, and this book seemed like a good place to start, a "masterpiece" and I don't read a ton of Mexican literature. It sounds like my kind of thing anyway!
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