The Kingdom of This World

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The Kingdom of This World is a landmark novel by Alejo Carpentier that exemplifies the Latin American Boom’s blend of historical narrative and magical realism, depicting the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style.

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instanceOf historical novel ⓘ
magic realist novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationType opera ⓘ
author Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
character Henri Christophe ⓘ
Mackandal ⓘ
Pauline Bonaparte ⓘ
Ti Noël ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Cuba ⓘ
depicts Haitian Revolution ⓘ
rise and fall of Henri Christophe ⓘ
slave uprisings in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
firstEnglishPublicationDate 1957 ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1949 ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Kingdom of This World (opera) ⓘ
hasPageCount 160 (approximate) ⓘ
hasTranslation The Kingdom of This World (English translation) ⓘ
influenced Latin American Boom ⓘ
literaryMovement Latin American literature ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ
literarySignificance foundational work of magic realism in Latin America ⓘ
landmark of Latin American narrative experimentation ⓘ
mainCharacter Ti Noël ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor early articulation of lo real maravilloso ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle El reino de este mundo ⓘ
partOf Carpentier’s Caribbean cycle ⓘ
publisher Ediciones Lex ⓘ
setting Haiti ⓘ
settingPeriod Haitian Revolution ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
style baroque prose ⓘ
marvelous real ⓘ
theme Afro-Caribbean religion ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
identity ⓘ
power and tyranny ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
violence ⓘ
translator Harriet de Onís ⓘ

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The Kingdom of This World → hasAdaptation → The Kingdom of This World (opera) ⓘ
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The Kingdom of This World → hasTranslation → The Kingdom of This World (English translation) ⓘ
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El reino de este mundo → hasTranslation → The Kingdom of This World ⓘ
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Ediciones Lex → notableWorkPublished → The Kingdom of This World ⓘ
Ti Noël → characterIn → The Kingdom of This World ⓘ
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