Terra Nostra

INTRODUCTION xi Seven Notes on Carlos Fuentes's Terra Nostra by Jorge Volpi I THE OLD WORLD Flesh, Spheres, Gray Eyes Beside the Seine 9(22) At the Feet of El Señor 31(16) Victory 47(11) Who Are You? 58(5) Monologue of the Lady Voyager 63(12) Reunion of Sounds 75(4) The Workers 79(4) All My Sins 83(16) On the Beach 99(1) There Is a Clock That Does Not Strike 99(3) The Kiss of the Page 102(1) El Senor Begins to Remember 103(3) El Señor Visits His Lands 106(1) The Heir 107(1) The Falcon and the Dove 108(1) The Women of the Castle 109(1) Jus Primae Noctis 110(1) The Little Inquisitor 111(1) The Plague 111(2) Celestina 113(1) The Flight 113(1) Simón's Face 114(1) In the Forest 114(1) The Boat 115(1) The City of the Sun 115(2) Pedro's Dream 117(2) Celestina's Dream 119(1) Simón's Dream 120(2) Ludovico's Dream 122(3) Nowhere 125(1) Here and Now 126(2) The Reward 128(1) The Silent Hour 129(1) The Exhortation 130(2) Ashes of the Brambles 132(6) El Señor Sleeps 138(2) Guzmán Speaks 140(3) The Dogs 143(2) Juan Agrippa 145(3) Brief Life, Eternal Glory, Unchanging World 148(9) Prisoner of Love 157(12) Disasters and Portents 169(12) The Mad Lady 181(5) The First Testament 186(27) The Palace Idiot 213(7) Hawks and Hazards 220(8) Portrait of a Prince 228(5) The Chronicler 233(16) The Last Couple 249(3) Stages of the Night 252(1) Crepusculum 253(7) Fax 260(10) Concubium 270(4) Nox Intempesta 274(4) Gallicinium 278(8) Conticinium 286(9) Aurora 295(13) The Second Testament 308(13) Nothing Happens 321(12) Gazes 333(18) II THE NEW WORLD Morning Star 351(6) Water Clock 357(4) Whirlpool of the Night 361(5) The Beyond 366(3) Return to Life 369(3) A Piece of Land 372(4) The Exchange 376(4) The People of the Jungle 380(5) Words in the Temple 385(2) The Ancient's Legend 387(11) The Tributes 398(4) The Burning Temple 402(6) The Mother and the Well 408(4) Day of the Water, Night of the Phantom 412(7) Day of the Smoking Mirror 419(18) Night of the Volcano 437(12) Day of the Lagoon 449(15) Night of Reflections 464(8) Day of Flight 472(6) Night of the Return 478(11) III THE NEXT WORLD Love of Water 489(2) The Decree 491(1) Rumors 492(22) Celestina and Ludovico 514(1) The First Child 515(2) The Death Cart 517(1) The Toledo Jewry 518(1) The Cabala 519(1) The Second Child 520(1) The Zohar 521(1) The Somnambulist 522(1) The Sephirot 523(1) Celestina and the Devil 524(1) Number 3 525(1) The Duel 526(2) Two Speak of Three 528(2) The Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance 530(1) A Sick Dream 531(3) Wounded Lips 534(2) The Third Child 536(1) Specter of Time 537(2) Memory upon the Lips 539(1) Simón in Toledo 540(1) The Alcazaba in Alexandria 541(2) The Citizens of Heaven 543(3) The Palace of Diocletian 546(1) The Prophecy of the Third Age 547(3) The Gypsy 550(2) The Theater of Memory 552(12) The Dreamers and the Blind Man 564(5) The Beguines of Bruges 569(1) Inside the Windmill 570(1) Pedro on the Beach 571(1) Schwester Katrei 571(1) Giants and Princesses 572(1) Ultima Thule 573(1) Hertogenbosch 574(1) Dulcinea 575(1) First Man 576(1) The Free Spirit 577(1) The Galley Slaves 578(1) The Lady of the Butterflies 579(1) The Defeat 580(1) Sing Your Troubles 581(1) The Circular Dream 581(2) The Cabo de los Desastres 583(2) Mother Celestina 585(4) The Seven Days of El Señor 589(1) First Day 589(4) Second Day 593(4) Third Day 597(5) Fourth Day 602(6) Fifth Day 608(5) Sixth Day 613(5) Seventh Day 618(10) The Rebellion 628(24) Confessions of a Confessor 652(16) Soul of Wax 668(1) Corpus 669(7) Manuscript of a Stoic 676(24) Ashes 700(13) The Restoration 713(22) Requiem 735(17) The Thirty-three Steps 752(8) The Last City 760(19) AFTERWORD 779 Esch Is Luther by Milan Kundera