Name: Elogio de la Madrastra (in Spanish)
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Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
ISBN: 9788472237421

portada Elogio de la Madrastra (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mario Vargas Llosa

Publisher

Tusquets Editores

Year

1988

Language

Spanish

Pages

216

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.50

ISBN

8472237427

ISBN13

9788472237421

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Elogio de la Madrastra (in Spanish)"

Vargas Llosa nos induce sin paliativos a dejarnos prender en la red sutil de perversidad que, poco a poco, va enredando y ensombreciendo las extraordinarias armonía y felicidad que unen en la plena satisfacción de sus deseos a la sensual doña Lucrecia, la madrastra, a don Rigoberto, el padre, solitario practicante de rituales higiénicos y fantaseador amante de su amada esposa, y al inquietante Fonchito, el hijo, cuya angelical presencia y anhelante mirada parecen corromperlo todo. La reflexión múltiple sobre la felicidad, sus oscuras motivaciones y los paradójicos entresijos del poder putrefactor de la inocencia, que subyace en cada una de sus páginas, sostiene una narración que cumple con la exigencias del género sin por ello deslucir la rica filigrana poética de la escritura. Vargas Llosa introduces us to the subtle web of perversity surrounding Lucrecia, the sensual step-mother, Rigoberto, the father and an imaginative lover to his wife, and Fonchito, the son. A fascinating interplay between innocence and perversity.

Mario Vargas Llosa

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Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, March 28, 1936), known as Mario Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa, is a Peruvian writer who also holds Spanish nationality since 1993 and Dominican nationality since June 2022. Considered one of the most important contemporary novelists and essayists, his works have received numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature 2010, the Cervantes Prize 1994 —considered the most important in the Spanish language—, the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature 1986, the Biblioteca Breve Prize 1962, the Rómulo Gallegos Prize 1967, and the Planeta Prize 1993, among others. Alongside Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, and Carlos Fuentes, he is one of the central figures of the Latin American boom

He rose to fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero (1963), The Green House (1966), and Conversation in the Cathedral (1969). He continued to prolifically cultivate various literary genres, such as essays, articles, and theater. Several of his works have been adapted into films and television. Most of his novels are set in Peru and explore his views on Peruvian society; however, in The War of the End of the World (1981), The Feast of the Goat (2000), and The Dream of the Celt (2010) he sets his plots in other countries.

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