The Death of Artemio Cruz
A dying press magnate lies in a Mexico City bedroom in 1959 while his wife and daughter wait on the will and a priest waits on the confession, and his consciousness splits three ways: an I on the deathbed, a you addressed in the future tense, and a he recovered from twelve days spread over sixty years. Each recovered day is one on which a betrayal paid. The Revolution audited through a single man's holdings.
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- influenced by ↑ The Death of Ivan Ilyich
- influenced by ↑ As I Lay Dying
- influenced by ↑ Citizen Kane
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