Alejo Carpentier

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In his writings, Alejo Carpentier strove to incorporate "the marvelous," a version of reality that he maintained was indigenous to the Americas. In this program, the late author/musicologist elaborates on his Los pasos perdidos, El siglo de las luces, and Concierto barroco, while providing an understanding of the impact of surrealism and the influence of the Generation of '98 on his writing, the political atmosphere of Cuba, and his childhood in France. "I didn't speak anything but French in the house," says Carpentier, "but I always wrote in Castilian
First Visit To Madrid (5:53)
Carpentier's Childhood Language (3:21)
The Value Of The Mestizo (5:02)
Youngest Editor In Latin America (3:18)
Interest in Music and Ethnology (6:23)
New World Baroque Style Of Language (4:54)
Baroque In Latin American Literature (7:58)
Politics And The Generation Of 1921 (9:26)
Exile In Paris (5:57)
Revision of His Literary Values (7:21)
Carpentier Talks About "The Marvelous Realism" (5:29)
Social Committment (4:32)
"The Lost Steps" (10:01)
"Explosion in a Cathedral" (2:18)
Influence Of The United States And Independence (6:55)

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