In Burnt Water by Carlos Fuentes, the rich and the poor, the noble and the brutish, and street kids and aesthetes find themselves portrayed in twelve short stories examining the life of Mexico City.
"Fuentes's genius is indisputable. He is a fountain of the myths and spiritual past and present of his native Mexico, which he has revealed to us in such novels as The Death of Artemio Cruz, Terra Nostra, and Aura. He does so again in this collection of short stories ... There is a beauty, passion and brilliance here that, even if we had never heard of Mexico, we could not miss."
Publishers Weekly
"With seven novels already published in translation, this is Fuentes's first book of stories to appear in English. As the Author's Note makes clear, the protagonist of Burnt Water is modern-day Mexico City, its historic charm, its dirt and violence, its deep political and class divisions."
Library Journal
"As usual, Fuentes is in full command of both form and language, slipping effortlessly from realism to fantasy and from the casual to the profound."
