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The first work of Carlos Fuentes, the leader of the "Latin American Literature Explosion", takes us to peek into the secrets behind the mask that we don't want to reveal to others. The six stories have different styles and are full of whimsical ideas. When it was first published in 1954, it sparked heated discussions in the Mexican literary world at the time. The collection of short stories "The Day We Weared the Mask" was first published in 1954. It is the first work created by Carlos Fuentes, one of the four protagonists of the "Latin American Literature Explosion" and a master of Mexican literature. The book is composed of six short stories full of text and ideological vitality. There are macro thoughts on human civilization, a political allegory pointing to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, a tragic identification with foreign invasion and enlightened monarchs, a bizarre metaphor for the Panama Canal, awe of the Aztec gods, and a mockery of consumerism that ultimately destroys civilization. The whole work is full of whimsical ideas, and the opening chapter "Chuck Mohr" is one of Fuentes's most acclaimed short stories.

This work is Fuentes's representative novel and has been called his "most important novel in decades." The novel slowly unfolds in the form of a chronicle, writing the life story of the legendary German-Mexican female photographer Laura Díaz. In her long and complicated life journey, Laura struggled with life responsibilities and spiritual pursuits, repeatedly thought about her relationship with the city, and constantly explored personal values ​​and the meaning of life. Through the joys and sorrows of Laura and her relatives and friends, the novel reflects the grand history of a unique woman's personal growth, showing the magnificent cultural, political and social changes in Mexico in the twentieth century in the past hundred years.