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The Time of the Hero
Novel by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Time of the Hero (Original title: La ciudad y los perros, literally "The City and the Dogs") is a novel by Peruvian writer and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.
Mario vargas llosa books Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian Spanish writer whose commitment to social change is evident in his plays, novels, and essays. In he was an unsuccessful candidate for president of Peru. Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in Learn more about his life and work.It was Vargas Llosa's first novel and is set among the cadets at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, which he attended as a teenager. The novel portrays the school so scathingly that its leadership burned many copies and condemned the book as Ecuadorian propaganda against Peru.[1]
It won the Premio Biblioteca Breve for best unpublished novel[2] and the Premio de la Crítica Española.[3]
Style and themes
The novel is notable for its experimental and complex employment of multiple perspectives in a non-linear fashion.[3] A technique influenced by William Faulkner and particularly the novel Light in August.[4]
It is a story about adolescence and young males transition to manhood, but is also described to portray a microcosm of the Peruvian society.
It features themes such as masculinity, hierarchy, secrecy and the military.[3]
Plot summary
The story concerns the theft of an examination paper by the cadet Cava carried out under orders from Jaguar, the brutal leader of a group of cadets called The Circle. The theft is reported by a lowly cadet called The Slave whom Jaguar consequently murders during military maneuvers.
Mario vargas llosa biography wikipedia Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March ), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (/ ˌvɑːrɡəs ˈjoʊsə /; [4] Spanish: [ˈmaɾjo ˈβaɾɣas ˈʎosa]), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician.Concerned for the school’s reputation, the administrators choose to ignore further evidence of Jaguar’s guilt.
Background
The novel is based on Vargas Llosa's own experiences of Leoncio Prado Military Academy, which he attended as a teenager in the early s. He worked on the manuscript for the novel while he was living in France and it was published as his first novel in [3]
Film adaptation
The novel was adapted into a film by Peruvian director Francisco Lombardi.
References
External links
- Magnarelli, Sharon (May ), "La ciudad y los perros: Women and Language", Hispania, 64 (2), American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese: –, doi/, JSTOR&#;.
- La ciudad y los perros, information on the film from the IMDb