Carlos Fuentes: The work that palpitates

Abstract

This article is a reflection about Carlos Fuentes’s contribution to Mexican and Latin American culture; it takes into account the polemical image of the author as a diplomat and as an intellectual in order to emphasize the originality, the range, and the variety of his work, as a rupture writer in both the Mexican and the continental literature. The article also mentions Fuentes’s passion for writing in different genres and categories. Finally, some of his works are discussed under the scope of the classification of “La edad del Tiempo” to emphasize the author’s taste for fantastic literature and the way he treated social issues that go against equity and freedom.