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Horror

Aura

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  • 1962 first published
  • 70 pages
  • ★ 3.9 (10 ratings)
  • 65 editions
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Aura is a 1962 horror novella by Carlos Fuentes. Readers will find themes of man-woman relationships.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 10 ratings, and 135 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 65 editions across 20 languages.

At about 70 pages, most readers finish it in about an hour and a half.

About Aura

*Aura* es una novela corta del escritor mexicano Carlos Fuentes. La historia está situada en el año 1962 en la Ciudad de México. Esta obra es considerada como una de las más importantes de este novelista y una de las mejores de la narrativa mexicana del siglo XX. Fue publicada en México en 1962, mismo año en que se publicó otra popular novela de Fuentes, *La muerte de Artemio Cruz.* Ambas forman parte del fenómeno literario conocido como *boom* latinoamericano, que tuvo lugar entre las décadas de 1950 y 1970 en toda América Latina. La novela posee la peculiaridad de estar narrada en segunda persona.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Spanish Science fiction
  • Fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Mexican fiction
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Mexicano Novela
  • Spanish fiction
  • Horror tales
  • Horror
  • Science fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Aura?

Aura was written by Carlos Fuentes and first published in 1962.

What genre is Aura?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Aura?

The median edition has 70 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Aura?

Readers who like it often enjoy At the Mountains of Madness, The Stepford Wives and The Shining.

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