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portada Los Cachorros (in Spanish)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2010
Language
Spanish
Pages
304
Format
Paperback
ISBN
8467035161
ISBN13
9788467035162
Edited in
España
Edition No.
1

Los Cachorros (in Spanish)

Mario Vargas Llosa (Author) · Austral · Paperback

Los Cachorros (in Spanish) - Mario Vargas Llosa

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Synopsis "Los Cachorros (in Spanish)"

Los cachorros y los jefes los cachorros y los jefes sirvieron como antecedente, como precalentamiento para la construcción de las obras maestras de Vargas Llosa. Muchos de los elementos técnicos y narrativos que caracterizan la prosa del gran escritor peruano ya aparecen en estas primeras piezas breves: el espacio exterior, por ejemplo, que tiende a ser reducido y opresivo, describe un universo carente de equilibrio o armonía que en demasiadas ocasiones conduce a la frustración. Ese espacio obliga a los personajes —adolescentes sobre todo— a ofrecer una máscara, fruto de la acomodación a las normas sociales, que impide la autenticidad. Sin embargo, en un nivel más íntimo, aflora la cara más sincera, la verdad de las existencias individuales, que choca con la otra superficie y crea una tensión insoportable. De este modo, tanto las pequeñas historias que aparecen en los jefes como la novela corta los cachorros nos introducen en el mundo sugestivo que Vargas Llosa ha sabido crear y desarrollar desde hace casi medio siglo y que lo ha colocado en la cima más alta de la literatura de nuestro tiempo.
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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