Carpentier, Alejo.

LOS PASOS PERDIDOS.

Barcelona: Editorial Bruguera, Libro Amigo, 1980. Third edition. Paperback. 279p., wrps. (lower sprine wear). Good. Item #191655
ISBN: 8402063748

Seeking utopia is wanting to find paradise, and vice versa. Alejo Carpentier tried it through a rich language, exuberant nature. The Lost Steps is a descent to the roots, a journey full of symbols and an ancient cultural tradition. This novel, written narrates a return trip: the protagonist, a musicologist, undertakes an expedition to the country of his childhood in search of primitive musical instruments, at the same time, it is an escape: he flees from a meaningless job, from a corrupted society.

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