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The Green House - Paperback

by Mario Vargas Llosa
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mario Vargas LlosaPublish date:2005-02-01Pages:405
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780060732790ISBN-10:60732792UPC:9780060732790Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Hispanic & Latino, Literary, Cultural HeritageSize:7.80 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC8F1W141X

The Green House by Mario Vargas Llosa

"Dazzling. . . . An imaginative documentation of nature's sway over man." --New York Times Book Review

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, an important and passionate novel set in Peru, that explores man's struggle with both nature and civilization

This classic early novel by Mario Vargas Llosa takes place in Puira, a Peruvian town situated between desert and jungle, torn by boredom and lust. Don Anselmo, a stranger in a black coat, builds a brothel on the outskirts of town while charming its innocent people, setting off a chain-reaction with extraordinary consequences.

The brothel, called the Green House, brings together the innocent and the corrupt: Bonificia, a young Indian girl saved by nuns only to become a prostitute; Father Garcia, struggling for the church; and four best friends drawn to both excitement and escape.

The conflicting forces that haunt the Green House evoke a world balanced between savagery and civilization--one cursed by not being able to discern between the two. This paperback edition from Harper Perennial captures Vargas Llosa's masterful storytelling and profound exploration of human nature against the backdrop of Latin American culture.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780060732790ISBN-10:60732792UPC:9780060732790Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Hispanic & Latino, Literary, Cultural HeritageSize:7.80 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC8F1W141X

Mario Vargas Llosa, uno de los más destacados novelistas contemporáneos latinoamericanos, se lanzó a la fama con su novela La ciudad y los perros que obtuvo el Premio Biblioteca Breve y el Premio de la Crítica. Novelas posteriores son, entre otras, La casa verde (Premio de la Crítica y Premio Internacional de Literatura Rómulo Gallegos), Conversación en La Catedral, La guerra del fin del mundo y Lituma en los Andes con la que obtuvo el Premio Planeta 1993. Ha publicado también obras teatrales, ensayos y memorias. En 1986 compartió con Rafael Lapesa el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras y en 1994 se le concedió el Premio Miguel de Cervantes de Literatura.

Publisher: Harper Perennial

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