Mario Vargas Llosa

Broschiertes Buch

The War of the End of the World

Beschreibung

The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and bandits establish Canudos, a new republic, a libertarian paradise.

Autor

Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Peru in 1936. He is the author of some of the last half-century's most important novels, including The War of the End of the World, The Feast of the Goat, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter and Conversation in the Cathedral. In 2010 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 768
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9780571288632
• ISBN-10: 0571288634
• Artikelnr.: 35073250