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Twentyfour chapters chronicle the life of laura diaz, skipping from year to year from 1905 to 1972. A compilation of works by mexican writer carlos fuentes. Carlos fuentes, occasionally dubbed the mexican balzac, makes no bones about the grand plans he has. Carlos fuentes mexican writer and diplomat britannica. A radiant and epic new novel that is among the finest achievements of mexicos greatest man of letters. The son of a mexican career diplomat, fuentes was born in panama and traveled extensively with his family in north and south america and in. The years with laura diaz by carlos fuentes the 1760th. November 11, 1928 may 15, 2012 was a mexican novelist and essayist.
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