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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
275 p. ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Plunge into the heart of the remote Peruvian Andes in Mario Vargas Llosa's stunning novel, Death in the Andes.
This narrative weaves an intricate tapestry of stark political realities, age-old Andean mysticism, and a chilling mystery that leaves no stone unturned.
The book promises a riveting blend of genres, serving as both a political allegory and a gripping detective novel. It shimmers with an undercurrent of magical realism,
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
383 p. ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Dos hombres puestos a prueba por la vida descubren el verdadero sentido del coraje y la lealtad. El heroe discreto narra la historia paralela de dos personajes: el ordenado y entranable Felicito Yanaque, un pequeno empresario de Piura, que es extorsionado; y de Ismael Carrera, un exitoso hombre de negocios, dueno de una aseguradora en Lima, quien urde una sorpresiva venganza contra sus dos hijos holgazanes que quisieron verlo muerto. Ambos personajes...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
One day Enrique, a high-profile businessman, receives a visit from Rolando Garro, the editor of a notorious magazine that specializes in salacious exposés. Garro presents Enrique with lewd pictures from an old business trip and demands that he invest in the magazine. Enrique refuses, and the next day the pictures are on the front page. Meanwhile, Enrique's wife is in the midst of a passionate and secret affair with the wife of Enrique's lawyer and...
Author
Language
English
Description
A successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru.
"Mario Vargas Llosa's new novel, The Discreet Hero, 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,...
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