The Death of Artemio Cruz

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The Death of Artemio Cruz is a landmark 1962 novel by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes that uses fragmented, shifting perspectives to explore power, memory, and corruption in post-revolutionary Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptation radio adaptation ⓘ
author Carlos Fuentes ⓘ
centralEvent Artemio Cruz on his deathbed recalling his life ⓘ
character Catalina ⓘ
Padilla ⓘ
Teresa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mexico ⓘ
explores formation of Mexican national identity ⓘ
relationship between personal memory and history ⓘ
followedBy Aura ⓘ
genre historical novel ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ
political novel ⓘ
hasSubject Mexican Revolution ⓘ
landownership and agrarian reform ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
influencedBy William Faulkner ⓘ
modernist narrative techniques ⓘ
literaryMovement Latin American Boom ⓘ
literarySignificance landmark of 20th-century Latin American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Artemio Cruz ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
second person ⓘ
third person ⓘ
narrativeTechnique fragmented narrative ⓘ
shifting perspectives ⓘ
notableFor critique of post-revolutionary Mexican elite ⓘ
innovative narrative structure ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle La muerte de Artemio Cruz ⓘ
partOf Carlos Fuentes bibliography ⓘ
precededBy Where the Air Is Clear ⓘ
publicationYear 1962 ⓘ
publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica ⓘ
settingLocation Mexico ⓘ
settingPeriod post-revolutionary Mexico ⓘ
structure frame narrative around deathbed ⓘ
nonlinear timeline ⓘ
theme Mexican Revolution legacy ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
death ⓘ
identity ⓘ
memory ⓘ
power ⓘ
timeSpanDepicted from Mexican Revolution to mid-20th century ⓘ

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