Los pasos perdidos Author:Alejo Carpentier, Alejo Carpentier 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--in this "novel of remarkable beauty, intellectual worth, absorbing interest, and genuine originality" ("The Saturday Review",... more » London) .« less