Aura (novel)

Aura

Cover of the first edition (Mexico)
Author	Carlos Fuentes
Translator	Lysander Kemp
Language	Spanish
Genre	Magic realism
Set in	Mexico City, 1961
Published	1962
Publisher	Era
Publication place	Mexico
Published in English	1965
Pages	62
ISBN	978-0-374-51171-5

Aura is a short novel written by Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, first published in 1962 in Mexico. This novel is considered as magic realism literary fiction for its remarkable description of “dreamlike” themes and the complexion of “double identity” portrayed by the character. Its narrative is completely carried out in second person. The first English translation, by Lysander Kemp, was published in 1965 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.^[1] It was adapted to the screen in 1966 in La strega in amore, starring Richard Johnson, Rosanna Schiaffino and Gian Maria Volonté.