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Conversacion en la Catedral: Bolsillo (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Mario Vargas Llosa (Author)
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October 2001
A conversation is held in the Cathedral during the Manuel A. Odría dictatorship in Peru; over beers and a sea of freely spoken words, the conversation describes the degradation and the frustration of a town. Through a complicated web of private lives, the author analyzes the mental and moral mechanisms that govern power and the people behind it. Conversación en la Catedral is more than a point of reference; it is a landmark in the history of present Literature.

Description in Spanish: Zavalita y el zambo Ambrosio conversan en "La Catedral". Estamos en Perú durante el "ochenio" dictatorial del general Manuel A. Odría. Unas cuantas cervezas y un río de palabras en libertad para responder a la palabra amordazada por la dictadura.

Con Conversación en La Catedral dio fin a su primer ciclo narrativo el maestro de novelistas que es Mario Vargas Llosa. Ahora, pasados los años, esta novela es algo más que un hito en el derrotero literario de su autor es un punto de referencia insoslayable, un dato fijo en la historia de la literatura actual.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 768 pages
  • Publisher: Santillana USA Publishing Company; 2nd edition (October 2001)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 8466304568
  • ISBN-13: 978-8466304566
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,157,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Es la mejor obra de la literatura Lationamericana, April 24, 2007
This review is from: Conversacion en la Catedral: Bolsillo (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Que se puede decir sobre esta monumental obra, como elogiar con justicia su perfecta redaccion, su trama envolvente, su estructura, de apariencia caotica, pero magistralmente hilvanada, que envuelve irremediablemente al lector, su critica y razonamiento preciso de los errores que hemos cometido los peruanos, no solo en el nefasto ochenio de Odria, si no en todas las dictaduras, incluyendo la de Fujimori. Vargas Llosa ha creado un enorme monumento literario, muy dificil de superar y que se seguira leyendo durante muchisimo tiempo.
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5.0 out of 5 stars la mejor novela de Mario, November 13, 2008
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Adrian V. Hernandez (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This is indeed the best novel of Mario Vargas Llosa. I have read it three times in different periods of my life and it is getting better and better. This is a must read for all lovers of Spanish language literature. Vargas Llosa is a masterful writer, the best of his generation.
One funny thing: I constantly use a famous question that Varguitas says in the very first page of the novel ("En que momento se jodio' el Peru'?") regarding the search for the cause of previous and current problems of my country.
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