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The green house : a novel / Mario Vargas Llosa : translated by Gregory Rabassa

By:

Vargas Llosa, Mario, (1936-)

Contributor(s):

Rabassa, Gregory

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Harper Perennial , 2005.Edition: 1st Rayo edDescription: 405 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780060732790

Uniform titles:

Casa verde . English

DDC classification:

LAS FIC VAR

LOC classification:

PQ8498.32.A65 C413 2005

Summary: Mario Vargas Llosa's classic early novel takes place in a Peruvian town, situated between desert and jungle, which is torn by boredom and lust. Don Anselmo, a stranger in a black coat, builds a brothel on the outskirts of the town while he charms its innocent people, setting in motion a chain reaction with extraordinary consequences. This brothel, called the Green House, brings together the innocent and the corrupt: Bonificia, a young Indian girl saved by the nuns only to become a prostitute; Father Garcia, struggling for the church; and four best friends drawn to both excitement and escape. The conflicting forces that haunt the Green House evoke a world balanced between savagery and civilization -- and one that is cursed by not being able to discern between the two.

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Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS FIC VAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		017953

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Mario Vargas Llosa's classic early novel takes place in a Peruvian town, situated between desert and jungle, which is torn by boredom and lust. Don Anselmo, a stranger in a black coat, builds a brothel on the outskirts of the town while he charms its innocent people, setting in motion a chain reaction with extraordinary consequences. This brothel, called the Green House, brings together the innocent and the corrupt: Bonificia, a young Indian girl saved by the nuns only to become a prostitute; Father Garcia, struggling for the church; and four best friends drawn to both excitement and escape. The conflicting forces that haunt the Green House evoke a world balanced between savagery and civilization -- and one that is cursed by not being able to discern between the two.

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