To whom is Fuentes' 1985 novel The Old Gringo about?
Ernest Hemingway
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ambrose Bierce
Octavio Paz
Answer
Ambrose Bierce is the subject of Carlos Fuentes' 1985 novel The Old Gringo. The novel tells the story of an American journalist who travels to Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and becomes involved in the conflict. Bierce is a fictional character in the novel, but he is based on the real-life Ambrose Bierce, who was a writer and journalist who disappeared in Mexico during the revolution.
Carlos Fuentes: The Literary Legacy
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