Name: El héroe discreto (in Spanish)
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Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
ISBN: 9789877250879

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mario Vargas Llosa

Publisher

ALFAGUARA

Collection

CONTEMPORANEA

Year

2015

Language

Spanish

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19x12.5 cm

ISBN13

9789877250879

Edited in

Argentina

Synopsis "El héroe discreto (in Spanish)"

"Estas páginas dan cuenta de la manera extraordinaria en que Mario Vargas Llosa domina los misterios de la ficción y el arte de la novela, con un final tan sorprendente como maravilloso por inesperado." Fernando R. Lafuente, ABC Cultural (ABC) El héroe discreto narra la historia paralela de dos personajes: el ordenado y entrañable Felícito Yanaqué, un pequeño empresario de Piura, que es extorsionado; y la de Ismael Carrera, un exitoso hombre de negocios, dueño de una aseguradora en Lima, quien urde una sorpresiva venganza contra sus dos hijos holgazanes que quisieron verlo muerto. Ambos personajes son, a su modo, discretos rebeldes que intentan hacerse cargo de sus propios destinos, pues tanto Ismael como Felícito le echan un pulso al curso de los acontecimientos. Cómo dos hombres puestos a prueba por la vida descubren el verdadero sentido del coraje y la lealtad.

Mario Vargas Llosa

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Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, March 28, 1936), known as Mario Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa, is a Peruvian writer who also holds Spanish nationality since 1993 and Dominican nationality since June 2022. Considered one of the most important contemporary novelists and essayists, his works have received numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature 2010, the Cervantes Prize 1994 —considered the most important in the Spanish language—, the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature 1986, the Biblioteca Breve Prize 1962, the Rómulo Gallegos Prize 1967, and the Planeta Prize 1993, among others. Alongside Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, and Carlos Fuentes, he is one of the central figures of the Latin American boom

He rose to fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero (1963), The Green House (1966), and Conversation in the Cathedral (1969). He continued to prolifically cultivate various literary genres, such as essays, articles, and theater. Several of his works have been adapted into films and television. Most of his novels are set in Peru and explore his views on Peruvian society; however, in The War of the End of the World (1981), The Feast of the Goat (2000), and The Dream of the Celt (2010) he sets his plots in other countries.

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