[DeepL Translation - needs review] Mario Vargas Llosa's first great historical novel: a fundamental book of 20th century Spanish-language narrative.
XX CENTURY SPANISH-LANGUAGE NARRATIVE
"This novel made me live one of the richest and most exalting literary adventures."
Mario Vargas Llosa
"The man was tall and so skinny that he always seemed to be in profile. His skin was dark, his bones prominent and his eyes burned with perpetual fire."
At the end of the 19th century, in the impoverished l...
