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Mario Vargas Llosa (Autor)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
304 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-33311-0 (ISBN)

Infos

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE When a high-profile businessman is blackmailed by a notorious magazine editor, his comfortable life is threatened by the salacious expos . While attempting to field the scandal, the businessman's wife, seeking comfort, begins a secret affair with the wife of his best friend. Then the editor is found murdered, and the two couples have no choice but to descend into the murkiest depths of Peruvian society, while the magazine's staff embarks on its greatest revelation yet . . .

Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. He also won the Cervantes Prize, the most distinguished literary honour in the Spanish-speaking world. His many works include The Feast of the Goat, The Bad Girl and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter as well as several collections of essays, journalism and plays. He died in April 2025.

Rezensionen

In the star-studded world of the Latin American novel, Mario Vargas Llosa is a supernova.

'A bona fide literary giant, Peru's most celebrated author and Nobel Laureate tackles political corruption, the hazards of extreme wealth and erotic intrigues in his latest novel. The story follows Enrique, a high-profile businessman who receives a visit from the editor of a notorious gossip magazine which unleashes a twisting tale of murder, affairs, wealth and corruption.'

'This novel, a gritty depiction of a society grounded in corruption, hedonism and violence, may be a sendup of life in Peru before the downfall of Alberto Fujimori in 2000, but it has contemporary relevance for many countries. When civic life becomes degraded, Vargas Llosa demonstrates, everyone is affected, the rich and the poor, the high and the low, the victim and the victimizer.'

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2018
• Übersetzer: Edith Grossman
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: aunt julia and the scriptwriter • Discreet Hero • feast of the goat • noble prize • noble prize for literature • Peru • translated fiction
• ISBN-10: 0-571-33311-7 / 0571333117
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-33311-0 / 9780571333110