'Most English-speaking writers would hesitate to address such broad topics in a few pages each.We read him because he is a marvellous novelist and not because of the uniqueness of his political thought.' - Nicholas Shakespeare, Sunday Telegraph Vastly more stimulating are Fuentes's insights into art and literature. 'Fuentes's solutions to the threat posed by authoritarian capitalism tend to be clunky statements of the obvious, sounding like Martin Luther King without the blaze.(.) It's eccentric for Fuentes to quote Wittgenstein twice on one page - the same sentence - but zany for her to translate it two different ways.' - Adam Mars-Jones, The Observer As a translator, she is some way short of competence. It's possible Fuentes writes a hideous Spanish which she faithfully renders into hideous English, but it seems more likely that he's an old smoothie as a stylist, which is how he can get away with so much vacuous preening in the original. (.) Some of the trouble must be due to Kristina Cordero, the translator. The implication is that these utterances are definitive, clinching what passes here for argument. 'He quotes his own novels more frequently (on every subject) than any other literary source and pays far more respect to their continuity than he does when it comes to poor Shakespeare.Sadly, this political-pulpit style tarnishes too much of This I Believe' - Ian Jack, The New York Times Book Review 'Tony Blair can be excused such bromides, possibly, but no gifted novelist should write this way.

Weaving together a wealth of ideas, influences and experiences, it gives a wonderful glimpse into the personal and intellectual life of Mexico's leading novelist.' - Aimee Shalan, The Guardian 'Skilfully translated by Kristina Cordera, this collection of essays has a rare warmth and immediacy.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorī : quite good pieces, forced arrangement Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.

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