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Translated into twenty languages and published in more than fourteen Spanish editions, The Lost Steps, originally published in 1953, is Alejo Carpentier's most heralded novel. A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of... Read Full Overview

"Hace dos d as que andamos sobre el armaz n del planeta, olvidados de la Historia y hasta de las oscuras migraciones de las eras sin cr nicas. ...] Lo que se abre ante nuestros ojos es el mundo anterior al hombre."

A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of the few remaining areas of the world not yet touched by civilization--the upper reaches of a great South American river--in this "novel of remarkable beauty, intellectual worth,... Read Full Overview

A disillusioned musician leaves his home in search of different surroundings and companions and a new existence in the Amazonian jungle.

A disillusioned musician leaves his home in search of different surroundings and companions and a new existence in the Amazonian jungle.

Translated into twenty languages and published in more than fourteen Spanish editions, The Lost Steps, originally published in 1953, is Alejo Carpentier's most heralded novel. A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of... Read Full Overview