by Mario Vargas Llosa (Author), Mario Vargas Llosa (Author), Helen Lane (Translator)
A tragic narrative by one of Latin America's leading novelists.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 768
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 04 Nov 2004
ISBN 10: 0571139612
ISBN 13: 9780571139613
Book Overview: This novel won the Hemingway Award.
A modern tragedy on the grand scale . . . As dark as spilled blood. --Salman Rushdie, The New Republic
A vast, fantastic, thunderous novel. -- The Times (UK)
A magnificent storyteller . . . [Vargas Llosa] gives us a cast of unforgettable characters swept up in the upheaval. . . . This is the work of a master, coming into full realization of his powers. -- The Boston Sunday Globe
His masterpiece. --Madison Smartt Bell
An extraordinary achievement. The author gives a wonderfully vivid and impartial picture of individuals and communities. -- The Guardian (UK)