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As the Los Angeles Times said: "Drawing expertly on five centuries of the cultural history of Europe and the Americas, Fuentes seeks to capture the spirit of the new, vibrant, and enduring civilization <in the New World> that began in Spain." Fuentes's singular success in this remarkable... read more

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First Sentence

On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on a small island in the Western Hemisphere.

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  1. Carlos Fuentes (Author)
 

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