La guerra del fin del mundo, 1ra. edicion (Spanish Edition) - Hardcover

Mario Vargas Llosa; Vargas Llosa, Mario

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9788432203961: La guerra del fin del mundo, 1ra. edicion (Spanish Edition)

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ISBN 10: 8432203963 ISBN 13: 9788432203961

Publisher: Seix Barral, 1981

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Deep within the remote backlands of 19th century Brazil sits Canudos, a libertarian's paradise. Home of prostitutes, bandits, and beggars, Canudos embodies the revolutionary spirit in its purest and most apocalyptic form. In one of his most brilliant and tragic novels, Mario Vargas Llosa creates an unforgettable tale of passion, idealism, adventure, and man s struggle to be free. It is an exhaustively documented account of a historical event and a fundamental book in 20th century literature.

A finales del siglo XX, en las tierras pauperrimas del noreste de Brasil, el chispazo de las arengas del Consejero, personaje mesianico y enigmatico, prendera la insurreccion de los desheredados. En circunstancias extremas como aquellas, la consecucion de la dignidad vital solo podra venir de la exaltacion religiosa - el convencimiento fanatico de la eleccion divina de los marginados del mundo- y del quebranto radical de las reglas que rigen el mundo de los poderosos.

Asi, grupos de miserables acudiran a la llamada de la revolucion de Canudos, la cuidad donde se asentara esta comunidad de personajes que dificilmente desapareceran de la imaginacion del lector: el Beatito, el Leon de Natuba, Maria Quadrado..

Frente a todos ellos, una trama politico- militar se articula para detener con toda su fuerza el movimiento que amenaza con expandirse.

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About the Author:

Mario Vargas Llosa is Peru's foremost author and the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1994 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor, and in 1995 he won the Jerusalem Prize. His many distinguished works include "The Storyteller", "The" "Feast of the Goat", "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter", "Death in the Andes", In "Praise of the Stepmother", "The Bad Girl", "Conversation in the Cathedral", The "Way to Paradise", and "The War of the End of the World". He lives in London.

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Text: Spanish

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