As this novel opens, Catalina and her daughter Teresa have gathered around the title character as a priest performs extreme unction.
One section of this novel is written in the second person and provides a list of "passwords" for the country of the protagonist. Its last chapter begins with the birth of the protagonist and is written with a series of ellipses interspersed with the word scalpel. Its main character, who was born after Atanasio raped his mother Isabel on the Cocuya estate, is unable to divorce his wife and marry Regina, the woman he truly loves. This book is about a man who begins delivering false promises of agrarian reform to the peasants that have refused to till Don Gamaliel's land. As this novel opens, Catalina and her daughter Teresa have gathered around the title character as a priest performs extreme unction. For 10 points, name novel about a revolutionary and tycoon recalling his life during his last moments, a novel by Carlos Fuentes.
One section of this novel is written in the second person and provides a list of "passwords" for the country of the protagonist.
The Death of Artemio Cruz