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by Carlos Fuentes
About 176 pages (52,920 words)
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Where the Air Is Clear Study Guide consists of approx. 176 pages of summaries and analysis on Where the Air Is Clear by Carlos Fuentes. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

The book opens with Ixca Cienfuegos, a citizen of Mexico City, speaking about his country's difficulties. A noble land unlike any other, Mexico nonetheless cannot shake of its lethargy, its poverty and its envy of Europe. He urges the city, an "eagle without wings" to join together and raise itself up again, and to find a place where 'the air is clear'. (read more)
      Part 1, Section 1, "My name is Ixca..."
      Part 1, Section 2, "Navel of the Moon"
      Part 1, Section 3, "Squeezed into the pajamas of a thinner time..."
      Part 1, Section 4, "Gervasio Pola"
      Part 1, Section 5, "The De Ovandos"
      Part 1, Section 6, "Federico Robles"
      Part 1, Section 7, "Norma Larragoiti"
      Part 1, Section 8, "Rodrigo Pola"
      Part 2, Section 1, "That Sunday..."
      Part 2, Section 2, "Librado Ibarra"
      Part 2, Section 3, " Maceualli"
      Part 2, Section 4, " Rosenda"
      Part 2, Section 5, " Mexico in the Waters"
      Part 2, Section 6, " The Eagle Being Animate"
      Part 2, Section 7, " Pimpenela de Ovando"
      Part 2, Section 8, "Though I May Prick My Finger"
      Part 2, Section 9, "Parting Of The Waters"
      Part 2, Section 10, "The Skull of Independence"
      Part 2, Section 11, " Mercedes Zamacona"
      Part 3, Section 1, " Betina Regules"
      Part 3, Section 2, "Rodrigo Pola"

  Characters

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Literary Heritage

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

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  Topics for Further Study

  Compare & Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  Further Reading

  Sources

  Copyright Information

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