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FUENTES CARLOS: (1928-2012) Mexian novelist. Small correspondence collection of two T.Ls.S. and ...

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FUENTES CARLOS: (1928-2012) Mexian novelist. Small correspondence collection of two T.Ls.S. and two A.Ls.S., Carlos Fuentes (and one with his first name only), each one page, 4to, various places (Paris, London etc.), 1968-92, all to Tom Maschler. The earliest letter is dated shortly after Jonathan Cape Ltd. had published A Change of Skin in 1968 to mixed reviews, and Fuentes eloquently responds by writing 'I have now seen the Observer and Sunday Times Reviews. What can I say? My mental health forces me to bannish (sic) the English critics from my head. I have come to believe that if, for one instant, I wrote a single line that would please them, I would be prostituting myself. I really wonder why a novel that has had such good critical notices in Italy, the USA and Latin America fails so miserably in Britain.....Once I have bannished (sic) Britannia Literaria from my head, what really hurts me is that your great courage and sympathy and conviction in publishing this book have met with this reception. I cannot tell you how sad this makes me feel. But all this is not important. What is important is your friendship, your warmth and intelligence' (1st November 1968). Although Cape did not publish any further works by Fuentes, his friendship with Maschler did endure, as reflected in the later letters, 'I am going to be in Mexico until mid-February and was remembering our old project to see a bit of the country together. If your travels between now and February bring you near Mexico, do please hop over' (7th September 1969), 'My mother, a rather imperious (and capricious) 84 year old dowager, has decided that this is the last summer she will be able to travel in Europe. We are taking her tomorrow for two weeks (or more) in Spain & Italy, which makes it impossible to go to you in France' (5th August 1992), 'Sorry about the numerous changes and delays - it has not been a peaceful summer - Oaxaca and its Gods are angry for forsaking them' (19th August 1992). Together with a few carbon typed copies of letters from Maschler and his secretary to Fuentes and also including a postcard with two amusing pen and ink caricatures, one of Harold Wilson. Some light age wear, generally VG, 5

Tom Maschler (1933-2020) British publisher who, from 1960, was head of the publishing company Jonathan Cape for more than three decades. Maschler was also instrumental in establishing the Booker Prize in 1969.