Scope: Carlos Fuentes is a Latin American writer who gained popularity during the 1960s. The 1985 novel The Old Gringo which was adapted for film, was the first novel written by a Mexican to appear on the New York Times Bestseller List. Fuentes’ themes are Mexican history and individual heritage and past.

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Books of Carlos Fuentes’ works are listed in the online catalog under, “Fuentes, Carlos” and under individual titles.

Books written by and about Carlos Fuentes have the call number(s) 

PN 3503

Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

The Review of Contemporary Fiction: Claude Ollier/Carlos Fuentes Number. Elmwood
Park, Illinois: Review of Contemporary Fiction, 1988.

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference Collection that do not circulate but pages may be photocopied. These resources provide an overview or summary of the topic.

The following titles are appropriate to this topic:

REF PN 771.M3 1991 Major 20th-Century Writers 

REF PS 21.D5 v. 113 Latin American Fiction Writers

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