The Green House - Softcover

Vargas Llosa, Mario

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ISBN 10: 0380012332 ISBN 13: 9780380012336

Publisher: Avon Books, 1983

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Mario Vargas Llosa's classic early novel takes place in a Peruvian town, situated between desert and jungle, which is torn by boredom and lust. Don Anselmo, a stranger in a black coat, builds a brothel on the outskirts of the town while he charms its innocent people, setting in motion a chain reaction with extraordinary consequences.

This brothel, called the Green House, brings together the innocent and the corrupt: Bonificia, a young Indian girl saved by the nuns only to become a prostitute; Father Garcia, struggling for the church; and four best friends drawn to both excitement and escape.

The conflicting forces that haunt the Green House evoke a world balanced between savagery and civilization -- and one that is cursed by not being able to discern between the two.

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About the Author:

Mario Vargas Llosa, uno de los mas destacados novelistas contemporaneos latinoamericanos, se lanzo a la fama con su novela La ciudad y los perros que obtuvo el Premio Biblioteca Breve y el Premio de la Critica. Novelas posteriores son, entre otras, La casa verde (Premio de la Critica y Premio Internacional de Literatura Romulo Gallegos), Conversacion en La Catedral, La guerra del fin del mundo y Lituma en los Andes con la que obtuvo el Premio Planeta 1993. Ha publicado tambien obras teatrales, ensayos y memorias. En 1986 compartio con Rafael Lapesa el Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras y en 1994 se le concedio el Premio Miguel de Cervantes de Literatura.

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