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The Good Conscience

by Carlos Fuentes · 1959

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The Good Conscienceis Carlos Fuentes's second novel. The scene is Guanajuato, a provincial capital in Central Mexico, once one of the world's richest mining centers. The Ceballos family has been reinstated to power, and adolescent Jaime Ceballos, its only heir, is torn between the practical reality of his family's life and the idealism of his youth and his Catholic education. His father is a good man but weak; his uncle is powerful, yet his actions are inconsistent with his professed beliefs. Jaime's struggle to emerge as a man with a "good conscience" forms the theme of the book: can a rebel correct the evils of an established system and at the same time retain the integrity of his principles?

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
Latin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of thisMexicoMexicoMore like thisLess of thisSpainSpainMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 148 pages

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