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The Feast of the Goat

By Llosa, Mario Vargas

The Feast of the Goat Contemporary literature

The Feast of the Goat

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE In The Feast of the Goat, this 'masterpiece of Latin American and world literature, and one of the finest political novels ever written' (Bookforum), Mario Vargas Llosa recounts the end of a regime and the birth of a terrible democracy, giving voice to the historical Trujillo and the victims, both innocent and complicit, drawn into his deadly orbit. Haunted all her life by feelings of terror and emptiness, forty-nine-year-old Urania Cabral returns to her native Dominican Republic - and finds herself reliving the events of l961, when the capital was still called Trujillo City and one old man terrorized a nation of three million. Rafael Trujillo, the depraved ailing dictator whom Dominicans call the Goat, controls his inner circle with a combination of violence and blackmail. In Trujillo's gaudy palace, treachery and cowardice have become a way of life. But Trujillo's grasp is slipping. There is a conspiracy against him, and a Machiavellian revolution already underway that will have bloody consequences of its own. "A fierce, edgy and enthralling book ... Mr. Vargas Llosa has pushed the boundaries of the traditional historical novel, and in doing so has written a book of harrowing power and lasting resonance."--The New York Times
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
404
Release Date:
2002-11-09
Publication Date:
2002-11-09
Publisher:
Picador USA
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0312420277
ISBN13:
9780312420277
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1050 g
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