About the book: 2010 / One of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. One of the most ingenious, multi-layered, multi-level novels in the history of Latin American prose, generous with talents. How old is the face of revolution? And is it true that the luckiest ones were those of her heroes who managed to die in time? Artemio Cruz, Pancho Villa's comrade-in-arms, dies, covered in glory - and forgotten. And with it, both the era and the soul of this era die... There are no more heroes of the “time of change.” And there is no place in the modern, calm world for those who did not have time to die beautifully on the battlefields…