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Carlos Fuentes’ “The Orange Tree” to appear in Persian

TEHRAN,Nov.17(MNA) – A Persian translation of “The Orange Tree” by Carlos Fuentes is ready for publication. Ali-Akbar Fallahi has translated the book, which will be released by Qoqnus Publications in the near future. The book includes five novellas, which explore the theme of cultural conflict in Fuentes’ homeland Mexico. The orange tree forms a common element in all these stories. The orange, more cipher than symbol, variously reflects in its burnished glow in the sun, the Earth, fertility, civilization, the mixing of races, and the cycles of time. “In The Orange Tree,” Fuentes remarked in one of his interviews, “I gather together not only all my most immediate sensual pleasures -- I see, touch, peel, bite, swallow -- but also the most primordial sensations: my mother, wet nurses, the sphere, the world.”

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