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Random House, Inc.
January 2011
On Sale: January 4, 2011
432 pages
ISBN: 1400068800
EAN: 9781400068807
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Fiction
Winner of the Cervantes Prize
Carlos Fuentes, one of the world’s most acclaimed authors,
is at the height of his powers in this stunning new novel—a
magnificent epic of passion, magic, and desire in modern
Mexico, a rich and remarkable tapestry set in a world where
free will fights with the wishes of the gods. Josué Nadal has lost more than his innocence: He has been
robbed of his life—and his posthumous narration sets the
tone for a brilliantly written novel that blends mysticism
and realism. Josué tells of his fateful meeting as a skinny,
awkward teen with Jericó, the vigorous boy who will become
his twin, his best friend, and his shadow. Both orphans, the
two young men intend to spend their lives in intellectual
pursuit—until they enter an adult landscape of sex, crime,
and ambition that will test their pledge and alter their
lives forever. Idealistic Josué goes to work for a high-tech visionary
whose stunning assistant will introduce him to a life of
desire; cynical Jericó is enlisted by the Mexican president
in a scheme to sell happiness to the impoverished masses. On
his journey into a web of illegality in which he will be
estranged from Jericó, Josué is aided and impeded by a cast
of unforgettable characters: a mad, imprisoned murderer with
a warning of revenge, an elegant aviatrix and addict seeking
to be saved, a prostitute shared by both men who may have
murdered her way into a brilliant marriage, and the prophet
Ezekiel himself. Mixing ancient mythologies with the sensuousness and avarice
and need of the twenty-first century, Destiny and Desire is
a monumental achievement from one of the masters of
contemporary literature.
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