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Book Description
In this magisterial and long-awaited novel, Mario Vargas Llosa recounts the end of a regime and the terrible birth of a democracy, giving voice to the historical Trujillo and to the victims, both innocent and complicit, who were drawn into his deadly orbit.
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- Libros en Español
- Mass Market Paperback 576 Pages
- ISBN-10: 8466303316
- ISBN-13: 9788466303316
- Publisher: Punto de Lectura
- Pub date: Aug 01, 2001
- Dimensions: 1226 mm x 645 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and Others
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Fantastic. This is only the second book I've read that was originally written in Spanish, not a translation. After a while I completely forgot I was reading it for language practice; I'd pull it out and read it every spare minute I had.
The novel is based on true events: the assassination ... (continue)
Fantastic. This is only the second book I've read that was originally written in Spanish, not a translation. After a while I completely forgot I was reading it for language practice; I'd pull it out and read it every spare minute I had.
The novel is based on true events: the assassination of Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the Dominican Republic like his own personal fiefdom for over 30 years. In the past couple of years, I've read several books about the Trujillo era, and La Fiesta del Chivo is certainly the best of them all.
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