The Time of the Hero

Informationen zum Autor Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. He also won the Cervantes Prize, the most distinguished literary honour in the Spanish-speaking world. His many works include The Feast of the Goat , The Bad Girl and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter as well as several collections of essays, journalism and plays. He died in April 2025. Klappentext In the author's native Peru, this powerful social satire so outraged the authorities that a thousand copies were publicly burned. The novel is set in Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, where a group of cadets attempt to break out of the vicious round of sadistic ragging, military discipline, confinement and boredom. The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa is 'a work of undeniable power and skill' ( Sunday Telegraph ) set in a military academy in Lima, focusing on a group of cadets whose pranks set of a cycle of betrayal, murder and revenge which jeopardizes the entire military hierarchy. Zusammenfassung In the author's native Peru, this powerful social satire so outraged the authorities that a thousand copies were publicly burned. The novel is set in Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, where a group of cadets attempt to break out of the vicious round of sadistic ragging, military discipline, confinement and boredom.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mario Vargas Llosa, Mario Vargas Llosa
• Con la collaborazione di: Lysander Kemp (Traduzione), Lysander (Translator) Kemp (Traduzione), Kemp Lysander (Traduzione)
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.01.1995
• EAN: 9780571173204
• ISBN: 978-0-571-17320-4
• Pagine: 384
• Dimensioni: 126 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Peruanische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), FICTION / Literary, Betrayal; Revenge; Satire, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary