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original Spanish publication)  \nWhere the Air Is Clear(1958)The Good Conscience(1961)Aura(1962)  \nThe Death of Artemio Cruz(1962)A Change of Skin(1967)Holy Place(1967)Terra Nostra(1975)The Hydra Head(1978)Burnt Water(1980)Distant Relations(1982)The Old Gringo(1985)Christopher Unborn(1987)Myself with Others(1988)The Campaign(1990)  \nThe Buried Mirror:Reflections on Spain and the New World(1992)The Orange Tree(1994)  \nDiana:The Goddess Who Hunts Alone(1995)A New Time for Mexico(1996)  \nThe Crystal Frontier:A Novel of Nine Stories(1996)The Years with Laura Díaz(1999)Inez(2001)  \nOriginally published in Spanish,copyright ◎1975by Editorial Joaquin Motiz,S.A.,Mexico.Translation by Margaret Sayers Peden copyright ◎1976 by Farrar,Straus and Giroux,LLC.Afterword copyright ◎1983 by Milan Kundera  \nIntroduction copyright ◎2003 by Jorge VolpiIntroduction translation copyright ◎2003 by Cesar Valverde  \nFirst Dalkey Archive edition,2003  \nPublished by arrangement with Farrar,Straus and Giroux,LLC.Allrights reserved.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nFuentes,Carlos.  \n[Terra nostra.English]  \nTerra nostra/Carlos Fuentes;translated by Margaret Sayers Peden;introduction by JorgeVolpi;afterword by Milan Kundera.—1st Dalkey Archive ed.  \np.cm.  \nISBN 1-56478-287-5(pbk.:alk.paper)  \n1.Title.  \nPQ7297.F793T4132003863.64—dc21  \n2002041570  \nPartially funded by grants from the Lannan Foundation and the Illinois Arts Council,a state agency.  \nDalkey Archive Press books are published by the Center for Book Culture,a nonprofit organization.  \nwww.centerforbookculture.org  \nPrinted on permanent/durable acid-free paper and bound in the United States of America.  \nFOR SYLVIA  \nINTRODUCTION xi  \nSeven Notes on Carlos Fuentes's Terra Nostraby Jorge Volpi  \nI/THE OLD WORLD  \nFlesh,Spheres,Gray Eyes Beside the Seine 9At the Feet ofEI Sezor 31Victory 47Who Are You?58  \nMonologue of the Lady Voyager 63Reunion of Sounds 75The Workers 79All My Sins 83On the Beach 99There Is a Clock That Does Not Strike 99The Kiss of the Page 102EI Senor Begins to Remember 103EI Senor Visits His Lands 106The Heir 107  \nThe Falcon and the Dove 108The Women of the Castle 109Jus Primae Noctis 110The Little Inquisitor 111The Plague 111Celestina 113The Flight 113Simón's Face 114In the Forest 114The Boat 115The City of the Sun 115Pedro's Dream 117Celestina's Dream 119Simón's Dream 120Ludovico's Dream 122Nowhere 125Here and Now 126The Reward 128The Silent Hour 129  \nThe Exhortation 130Ashes of the Brambles 132EI Seior Sleeps 138Guzmán Speaks 140The Dogs 143Juan Agrippa 145  \nBrief Life,Eternal Glory,Unchanging World 148Prisoner ofLove 157Disasters and Portents 169The Mad Lady 181The First Testament 186The Palace Idiot 213Hawks and Hazards 220Portrait ofa Prince 228The Chronicler 233The Last Couple 249Stages of the Night 252Crepusculum 253Fax 260Concubium 270Nox Intempesta 274Gallicinium 278Conticinium 286Aurora 295The Second Testament 308Nothing 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