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Christopher Unborn

Published
Sep 1989
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
531

About This Book

A prize-winning author's scathing, satirical novel featuring an unborn narrator's perspective of his soon-to-be home country, Mexico.

A playfully savage and inspired masterpiece by Carlos Fuentes, Christopher Unborn is narrated by the as yet unborn first child to be born on October 12, 1992, the five hundredth anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America; his conception and birth bracket the novel.

"A post-modern extravaganza." —Kirkus Reviews

"With nearly every stylistic device known to modern fictionists, Christopher-the-foetus observes his parents, uncles, maiden aunts, national leaders, tourists, rock musicians, and recounts outrageous incidents, past and present, that defy summarizing." —Publishers Weekly

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Nov 1990 Vintage ISBN13 9780679732228 ISBN10 0679732225
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Nov 2005 Dalkey Archive Press ISBN13 9781564783394 ISBN10 1564783391
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First Edition Sep 1989 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374123345 ISBN10 0374123349
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Aug 1989 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374123352 ISBN10 0374123357
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May 2013 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9781466840096 ISBN10 1466840099
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May 2013 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN10 B00BQMKCWC
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