Aura
( Spanish - Aura - 1962 )
short novel by Carlos Fuentes
translated by Lysander Kemp
Published: Farrar, Straus & Giroux - hardback - 1965
ISBN: none
Farrar, Straus & Giroux - paperback - 1975 ( rep. 1986 ) ( bilingual edition )
0374511713 / 9780374511715
Andre Deutsch - hardback - 1990
ISBN: 0233984704 / 9780233984704
Andre Deutsch - trade paperback - 1990
ISBN: 023398562X / 9780233985626
contained in The Slaying of the Dragon
Harcourt Brace - hardback - 1984
ISBN: 0151829756 / 9780151829750
and 'Foundations of Fear' ( anthology )
Tor - hardback - 1992
0312850743 / 9780312850746
BOMC - hardback - 1992
ISBN: none
QPBC - trade paperback - 1993
ISBN: none
and 'Worlds of Fear' ( anthology )
Tor - paperback - 1994
0812550021 / 9780812550023
synopsis
Felipe Montero, a young historian, accepts a live-in position editing the memoirs of General Llorente, which the elderly widow (Consuelo) wants published before her own death. Intoxicated by the airless atmosphere of the house, Felipe begins dreaming of having sex and escaping with Consuelo's young beautiful niece, Aura. As he reads the General's writings, he makes some discoveries surrounding Consuelo's infertility, her fantasy of having a child, and her obsession with youth only to realize that Aura is actually a projection of the 109-year-old widow. One night, while he embraces her, Aura turns into the old woman. Felipe then takes on the role of the General, coupled with Consuelo, to give birth to 'Aura', who epitomizes youth and the illusion of life.
awards
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( Spanish - Aura - 1962 )
short novel by Carlos Fuentes
translated by Lysander Kemp
Published: Farrar, Straus & Giroux - hardback - 1965
ISBN: none
Farrar, Straus & Giroux - paperback - 1975 ( rep. 1986 ) ( bilingual edition )
0374511713 / 9780374511715
Andre Deutsch - hardback - 1990
ISBN: 0233984704 / 9780233984704
Andre Deutsch - trade paperback - 1990
ISBN: 023398562X / 9780233985626
contained in The Slaying of the Dragon
Harcourt Brace - hardback - 1984
ISBN: 0151829756 / 9780151829750
and 'Foundations of Fear' ( anthology )
Tor - hardback - 1992
0312850743 / 9780312850746
BOMC - hardback - 1992
ISBN: none
QPBC - trade paperback - 1993
ISBN: none
and 'Worlds of Fear' ( anthology )
Tor - paperback - 1994
0812550021 / 9780812550023
synopsis
Felipe Montero, a young historian, accepts a live-in position editing the memoirs of General Llorente, which the elderly widow (Consuelo) wants published before her own death. Intoxicated by the airless atmosphere of the house, Felipe begins dreaming of having sex and escaping with Consuelo's young beautiful niece, Aura. As he reads the General's writings, he makes some discoveries surrounding Consuelo's infertility, her fantasy of having a child, and her obsession with youth only to realize that Aura is actually a projection of the 109-year-old widow. One night, while he embraces her, Aura turns into the old woman. Felipe then takes on the role of the General, coupled with Consuelo, to give birth to 'Aura', who epitomizes youth and the illusion of life.
awards
....