Translated into twenty languages and published in more than fourteen Spanish editions, The Lost Steps, originally published in 1953, is Alejo Carpentier's most heralded novel.A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of the few remaining areas of the world not yet touched by civilization -- the upper reaches of a great South American river. The Lost Steps describes his search, his adventures, and the remarkable decision he makes in a village that seems to be truly outside history.
- ISBN10 014002879X
- ISBN13 9780140028799
- Publish Date 22 February 1969 (first published December 1960)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 25 October 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 256
- Language English