Description
A disillusioned composer flees the polished emptiness of New York, seeking something truer than the music industry’s hollow promises. In the company of his mistress, he journeys into the Amazon jungle in search of a “lost” primitive instrument—only to find that the quest becomes a confrontation with time, culture, and the limits of his own understanding. Blending travel narrative with philosophical inquiry, the novel explores how art is shaped by place, memory, and encounter, and how modern identity can be remade through contact with the unfamiliar. With Carpentier’s signature lyrical intensity and inventive sense of history, the story turns adventure into a meditation on creativity, authenticity, and the steps we take to recover meaning.
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paperback
London : Royal National Institute for the Blind, [197-?]
Published Jan 1, 1967
312 pages
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First Published
1956
Language
spa
Translation
From: spa
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