Inez (novel)
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| Author | Carlos Fuentes |
|---|---|
| Original title | Instinto de Inez |
| Translator | Margaret Sayers Peden |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Alfaguara |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | Mexico City |
Published in English | 2002 |
| ISBN | 9505116950 |
Inez (original Spanish title: Instinto de Inez) is a 2001 novel by the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, later translated into English by Margaret Sayers Peden.[1][2]
The novel alludes to literary and mythological figures including Faust and Don Juan.[3] Fuentes also cited as influences Igor Stravinsky and Hector Berlioz, whose operatic adaptation of Faust, The Damnation of Faust, appears prominently in the book.[4]
