The War of the End of the World - Brossura

Mario Vargas Llosa

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ISBN 10: 0571288634 ISBN 13: 9780571288632

Casa editrice: Faber and Faber, 2012

Riassunto

'A modern tragedy on the grand scale.' Salman Rushdie 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.

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Recensione:

'Remarkable . . . thrilling to read.' -- Sunday Times

'Scarcely one of Vargas Llosa's pages fails to grab and fascinate . . . Above all Vargas Llosa captures the confusion of battle and the dizzy incomprehension of those involved.' --Sunday Telegraph

'A bold work of force and power, a tragic masterpiece with something of the sweep and freedom of the great novels of the nineteenth century.' --The Listener

'Powerful and haunting . . . Vargas Llosa's work is of such scope, his handling of the big questions so confident and intellectually exciting, that one hesitates to fault him.' --New York Times

Descrizione del libro:

The War of the End of the World is a classic Mario Vargas Llosa novel, based on real events in Brazilian history.

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• Editore: Faber and Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0571288634
• ISBN 13: 9780571288632
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 768