The Discreet Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Discreet Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa

WINER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

A 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 newest novel follows two fascinating characters whose lives are destined to intersect: neat, endearing Fel cito Yanaqu , 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.

Fel cito 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, Do a 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.

Mario Vargas Llosa, Premio Nobel de Literatura 2010, nacio en Arequipa, Peru, en 1936. Aunque habia estrenado un drama en Piura y publicado un libro de relatos, Los jefes, que obtuvo el Premio Leopoldo Alas, su carrera literaria cobro notoriedad con la publicacion de La ciudad y los perros, Premio Biblioteca Breve (1962) y Premio de la Critica (1963). En 1965 aparecio su segunda novela, La casa verde, que obtuvo el Premio de la Critica y el Premio Internacional Romulo Gallegos. Posteriormente ha publicado piezas teatrales (La senorita de Tacna, Kathie y el hipopotamo, La Chunga, El loco de los balcones, Ojos bonitos, cuadros feos, Las mil noches y una noche y Los cuentos de la peste), estudios y ensayos (La orgia perpetua, La verdad de las mentiras, La tentacion de lo imposible, El viaje a la ficcion y La civilizacion del espectaculo), memorias (El pez en el agua), relatos (Los cachorros) y, sobre todo, novelas: Conversacion en La Catedral, Pantaleon y las visitadoras, La tia Julia y el escribidor, La guerra del fin del mundo, Historia de Mayta, Quien mato a Palomino Molero?, El hablador, Elogio de la madrastra, Lituma en los Andes, Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto, La Fiesta del Chivo, El Paraiso en la otra esquina, Travesuras de la nina mala, El sueno del celta, El heroe discreto y Cinco Esquinas. Ha obtenido los mas importantes galardones literarios, desde los ya mencionados hasta el Premio Cervantes, el Principe de Asturias, el PEN/Nabokov y el Grinzane Cavour.

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ISBN 13	9780374146740
ISBN 10	0374146748
Title	The Discreet Hero
Author	Mario Vargas Llosa
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Year published	2015-03-10
Number of pages	336
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