WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA tale of two cities--Piura and Lima--rocked by scandal, and the disintegrating bonds of loyalty between the generations Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa's novel follows two fascinating characters whose lives are destined to intersect: neat, endearing Felícito Yanaqué, a small businessman in Piura, Peru, who finds himself the victim of blackmail; and Ismael Carrera, a successful owner of an insurance company in Lima, who cooks up a plan to avenge himself against the two lazy sons who want him dead. Felícito and Ismael are, each in his own way, quiet, discreet rebels: honorable men trying to seize control of their destinies in a social and political climate where all can seem set in stone, predetermined. They are hardly vigilantes, but each is determined to live according to his own personal ideals and desires--which means forcibly rising above the pettiness of their surroundings. The Discreet Hero is also a chance to revisit some of our favorite players from previous Vargas Llosa novels: Sergeant Lituma, Don Rigoberto, Doña Lucrecia, and Fonchito are all here in a prosperous Peru. Vargas Llosa sketches Piura and Lima vividly--and the cities become not merely physical spaces but realms of the imagination populated by his vivid characters. A novel whose humor and pathos shine through in Edith Grossman's masterly translation, The Discreet Hero is another remarkable achievement from the finest Latin American novelist at work today.
Sobre o autor(a)
Llosa, Mario Vargas
Jornalista, dramaturgo, ensaísta e crítico literário, MARIO VARGAS LLOSA é um dos mais importantes escritores da atualidade. Nascido em Arequipa, no Peru, em 1936, viveu em Paris na década de 1960 e lecionou em diversas universidades norte-americanas e europeias. Autor de uma extensa obra literária, recebeu em 2010 o prêmio Nobel de Literatura. |
| ISBN | 9781250081629 |
| Autor(a) | Llosa, Mario Vargas |
| Editora | Picador |
| Ano de edição | 2016 |
| Páginas | 336 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 21,30 X 14,00 |