Adam in Eden, Carlos Fuentes
Adam in Eden, Carlos Fuentes
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Adam in Eden

Author: Carlos Fuentes

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 5 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/11/2012


Synopsis

Adam Gorozpe, a respected businessman in Mexico, has a life so perfect that he might as well be his namesake in the Garden of Eden - but there are snakes in this Eden too. For one thing, Adam's wife Priscila has fallen in love with the brash director of national security - also named Adam. Another unlikely snake is the little Boy-God who's started preaching in the street wearing a white tunic and stick-on wings, inspiring Adam's brother-in-law to give up his job to follow this junior deity and implore Adam to do the same. Even Elle, Adam's mistress, thinks the boy is important to their salvation - especially now that it seems the other Adam has put out a contract on Adam Gorozpe.

About Carlos Fuentes

The author of more than a dozen novels and story collections, Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) was Mexico's most celebrated novelist and critic. He received numerous honors and awards throughout his lifetime, including the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the Latin Literary Prize.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Fabian on July 01, 2021

Unlike Alexander Trocchi's "Young Adam" in which there are zero Adams (as not even the protagonist is named Adam) in the book, this one has a surplus of them and keeping two of them apart in "Adam in Eden" is perhaps the one main jolt in this vibrant novella, and it occurs in the first half. The Fue......more

Goodreads review by Dale on April 14, 2013

Well, this is the third or fourth Carlos Fuentes book I've attempted to read. I don't know what it is with Fuentes, but his stories and writing is somewhat frustrating to read (at least for me). This story is about a Mexican lawyer who appears to be a little paranoid about what his subordinates at w......more