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Mario Vargas Llosa El héroe discreto / The Discreet Hero (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Héroe Discreto / the Discreet Hero
- Publication Name
- El héroe discreto / The Discreet Hero
- Title
- El héroe discreto / The Discreet Hero
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 8490625956
- EAN
- 9788490625958
- ISBN
- 9788490625958
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Family Life, Literary, Political
- Release Date
- 15/06/2015
- Release Year
- 2015
- Language
- Spanish
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- ES
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 7.5in
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 10.6 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Una novela del Premio Nobel de Literatura y Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras Mario Vargas Llosa, en la que dos hombres puestos a prueba por la vida descubren el verdadero sentido del coraje y la lealtad. Uno de los mejores libros de 2013 según Babelia y El Cultural de El Mundo . El héroe discreto narra la historia paralela de dos personajes: el ordenado y entrañable Felícito Yanaqué, un pequeño empresario de Piura, que es extorsionado; y de Ismael Carrera, un exitoso hombre de negocios, dueño de una aseguradora en Lima, quien urde una sorpresiva venganza contra sus dos hijos holgazanes que quisieron verlo muerto. Ambos personajes son, a su modo, discretos rebeldes que intentan hacerse cargo de sus propios destinos, pues tanto Ismael como Felícito le echan un pulso al curso de los acontecimientos. Mientras Ismael desafía todas las convenciones de su clase, Felícito se aferra a unas pocas máximas para plantar cara al chantaje. No son justicieros, pero están por encima de las mezquindades de su entorno para vivir según sus ideales y deseos. Viejos conocidos del mundo vargasllosiano aparecen en estas páginas: el sargento Lituma y los inconquistables, don Rigoberto, doña Lucrecia y Fonchito, todos moviéndose ahora en un Perú muy próspero. Un libro lleno de humor, con elementos propios del melodrama, donde Piura y Lima ya no son espacios físicos, sino reinos de la imaginación poblados por los personajes del gran escritor que es Mario Vargas Llosa. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A tale of two citiesPiura and Limarocked by scandal, and the disintegrating bonds of loyalty between the generations Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa's newest novel 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, who cooks up a plan to avenge himself against the two lazy sons who want him dead. Felícito and Ismael are, each in his own way, quiet, discreet rebels: honorable men trying to seize control of their destinies in a social and political climate where all can seem set in stone, predetermined. They are hardly vigilantes, but each is determined to live according to his own personal ideals and desireswhich means forcibly rising above the pettiness of their surroundings. The Discreet Hero is also a chance to revisit some of our favorite players from previous Vargas Llosa novels: Sergeant Lituma, Don Rigoberto, Doña Lucrecia, and Fonchito are all here in a prosperous Peru. Vargas Llosa sketches Piura and Lima vividlyand the cities become not merely physical spaces but realms of the imagination populated by his vivid characters. A novel whose humor and pathos shine through in Edith Grossman's masterly translation, The Discreet Hero is another remarkable achievement from the finest Latin American novelist at work today.
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
ISBN-10
8490625956
ISBN-13
9788490625958
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Héroe Discreto / the Discreet Hero
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
Spanish
Topic
Family Life, Literary, Political
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
384 Pages
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Item Length
7.5in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
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La crítica ha dicho... «La escritura de Mario Vargas Llosa ha dado forma a nuestra imagen de Sudamérica y tiene su propio capítulo en la historia de la literatura contemporánea. En sus primeros años, fue un renovador de la novela, hoy, un poeta épico. Su gran abrazo envuelve todos los géneros literarios.» - Per Wästberg, Presidente del Comité Nobel «Pocos laberintos tan amenos y tan razonables como esta novela de Vargas Llosa.» -José-Carlos Mainer, Babelia ( El País ) «Estas páginas dan cuenta de la manera extraordinaria en que Mario Vargas Llosa domina los misterios de la ficción y el arte de la novela, con un final tan sorprendente como maravilloso por inesperado.» -Fernando R. Lafuente, ABC Cultural ( ABC ) «Con El héroe discreto gozamos de la maestría a la que nos tiene acostumbrados el mejor Vargas Llosa.» -J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, Cultura/s ( La Vanguardia ) «Toda su obra (la periodística y la literaria, incluidos sus ensayos aquí) está marcada por la búsqueda, en los recovecos del alma y del poder, de aquellos elementos que hacen malvadas o excelsas a las personas.» -Juan Cruz
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