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The Time of the Hero

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Time of the Hero
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mario Vargas Llosa
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 127
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780571173204
ClassificationsDewey:863
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 23 January 1995
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Time of the Hero has been acclaimed by critics around the world as one of the outstanding Spanish novels of recent decades. In the author's native Peru, this powerful social satire so outraged the authorities that a thousand copies were publicly burned. The novel is set in Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, where a group of cadets attempt to break out of the vicious round of sadistic ragging, military discipline, confinement and boredom. But their pranks set off a cycle of betrayal, murder and revenge which jeopardises the entire military hierarchy. 'A work of undeniable power and skill.' Sunday Telegraph 'Vargas Llosa is tough, funny and inventive. his writing always has edge enough to hold interest. But what finally distinguishes the book is not so much the sharpness of its hostilities as the strength of its affections.' Listener

Author Biography

Mario Vargas-Llosa was born in Peru is 1936. He is the author of some of the last half-century's most important novels, including The War of the End of the World, The Feast of the Goat, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter and Conversation in the Cathedral. In 2010 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.