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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Don Rigoberto - by day a grey insurance executive, by night a pornographer and sexual enthusiast - misses Lucrecia, his estranged second wife. The pair separated following a sexual encounter between Lucrecia and Alf
Har man læst bare lidt af nobelpristageren fra 2010, Mario Vargas Llosas omfattende romanforfatterskab, ved man, at scenen er sat til en læseoplevelse fuld af dramatiske gnister, humor og menneskelig alvor. Foruden et hav af romaner og litterære essays ha
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE One of the Telegraph' s 'Ten Best Latin American Novels of all Time' 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
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE In an isolated community in the Peruvian Andes, a series of mysterious disappearances has occurred. Army corporal Lituma and his deputy Tomás believe the Shining Path guerrillas are responsible, but the townspeople
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 exposé. While attempting to field the scandal, the businessman's wife, seeking c
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "A wildly enjoyable book; the 85-year-old Vargas Llosa is as sharp and mordantly funny as ever." Financial Times Guatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup topples the government
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE At a small gallery in Florence, a Peruvian writer comes across a photograph of a tribal storyteller deep in the Amazon jungle. As he stares at the photograph, it dawns on him that he knows this man. The storyteller
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The Way to Paradise interweaves the story of the painter Paul Gauguin with that of his grandmother, Flora Tristan. In 1844, Flora embarked on a tour of France to campaign for workers' and women's rights. In
A gripping and poignant novel about a mysterious romance from one of Latin America's greatest writers. 'Splendid, suspenseful and irresistible.' New York Times 'Immensely moving.' Spectator When the beautiful teenage Lily arrives in Li
Set in Peru during the 1950s, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter is the story of an 18 year old student who falls for a 32 year old divorcee. Mario, an aspiring writer, works at a radio station that broadcasts, live each day, up to a half-dozen short-run soa
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE ' The Feast of the Goat will stand out as the great emblematic novel of Latin America's twentieth century.' Times Literary Supplement Urania Cabral, a New York lawyer, returns to the Dominican Republic a
The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and ba
Maleren Paul Gauguin møder aldrig sin mormor Flora Tristán, fordi hun dør, før han bliver født. Han bliver som hun, men på hver deres måde, optaget af drømmen om det ideelle og frie samfund. Flora forlader sin voldelige ægtemand fra hvem hun ikke tager m
"Velgøreren". Sådan blev han kaldt, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, som i 1930 ved et kup tog magten i Den Dominikanske Republik og fastholdt den i et brutalt jerngreb, indtil han blev myrdet af højtstående officerer i 1961. Romanen foregår i tiden om
Kelterens drøm starter i dødscellen, hvor den irske frihedskæmper Roger Casement venter svar på sin ansøgning om benådning. Det er afslutningen på et eventyrligt liv, hvor Casement først arbejder sammen med Henry Morton Stanley på at udbrede civilisatione
'Vargas Llosa's masterwork.' New York Times Conversation in the Cathedral takes place in 1950s Peru during the dictatorship of General Ordia. Suspicion, paranoia and blackmail have become part of life. The conversation flows between two indivi
'Extraordinary.' Independent 'Gripping.' Financial Times 'Epic.' Guardian 'A novel that engages head and heart from start to finish.' Irish Times WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE As The Dream of the Celt opens, it is
Vargas Llosa, Premio Nobel de Literatura y Pr ncipe de Asturias de las Letras, relata el fin de una era dando voz al impecable e implacable general Trujillo, apodado el Chivo, y al sosegado y h bil doctor Balaguer (sempiterno presidente de la Rep blica Do
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 'The most approachable and exhilarating Latin American writer of our times.' Robert McCrum, Observer In the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday
Dazzling. . . . An imaginative documentation of nature's sway over man. -- New York Times Book Review From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, an important and passionate novel set in Peru, that explores man's struggle with both nature an
The true story of Guatemala's political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell it Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the democratic government of Jacobo ?rbenz. B
Novela ejemplar en la historia del boom latinoamericano, La casa verde es una experiencia ineludible para todo aquel que quiera conocer en profundidad la obra narrativa de Mario Vargas Llosa. ¿Cuál es el secreto que encierra La casa verde ?Con motivo del
Creando una admirable tensión entre lo cómico y lo trágico, el Premio Nobel de Literatura y Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras, Mario Vargas Llosa, libera en esta novela una historia en la que el amor se nos muestra indefinible, dueño de mil caras, como l
La ciudad y los perros es la novela con la que Vargas Llosa, Premio Nobel de Literatura y Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras, alcanzó el reconocimiento internacional. La ciudad y los perros no solamente es un ataque contra la crueldad ejercida a un grupo
Un nexo de unión entre dos personajes que optan por dos modelos vitales opuestos que desvelan un deseo común: el de alcanzar un paraíso donde sea posible la felicidad para los seres humanos. Dos vidas: la de Flora Tristán, que pone todos sus esfuerzos en
El autor m?s prestigioso de la literatura actual en espa?ol regresa con una novela ambientada en su Per? natal. Le dedico mi silencio narra la historia de un hombre que so?? un pa?s unido por la m?sica, y enloqueci? queriendo escribir un libro perfecto qu
Maleren Paul Gauguin møder aldrig sin mormor Flora Tristán, fordi hun dør, før han bliver født. Han bliver som hun, men på hver deres måde, optaget af drømmen om det ideelle og frie samfund. Flora forlader sin voldelige ægtemand fra hvem hun ikke tager m
Canudos er en fattig landsby i en øde egn af Brasilien. Vi er i 1890erne, slaveriet og monarkiet er afskaffet, men det er fattigdommen og analfabetismen ikke. Få ejer meget, de fleste ejer ingenting, og engang mellem rammes området af tørke og folk mister
I sin ungdom i forelsker Ricardo sig i den slemme pige, som slet ikke virker så slem endda. Da han senere møder hende i Paris, brænder hans kærlighed fortsat med samme altfortærende styrke, og som den pæne dreng han er, tøver han ikke med at kaste sig hov
Nobelpristager Mario Vargas Llosas seneste roman udkommer nu på dansk. Denne bog er tilsyneladende skrevet af hovedpersonen Toño Azpilcueta. Hans arbejde med at skrive artikler bliver til den bog, han bestemmer sig for at skrive og iblandes overvejelser o
The true story of Guatemala's political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell itGuatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the government of Jacobo Arbenz. Behind this v