Where the Air Is Clear

Summary

Where the Air Is Clear, Carlos Fuentes' first novel, is an unsparing portrayal of Mexico City's upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes overlays Mexican myths onto contemporary settings, showing that even the rich and powerful must succumb to the indomitable spirit of Mexico, which undermines all institutions and shapes all destinies.

©1995 Carlos Fuentes. Translation copyright 1997 Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc.