Mario, an aspiring writer, works at a radio station that broadcasts up to a half-dozen short-run soap operas. At the same time that the author meets his 'Aunt Julia', the radio station, which had been buying scripts by weight from Cuba, hires a Bolivian scriptwriter named Pedro Camacho to write the serials.
Mario, an aspiring writer, works at a radio station that broadcasts up to a half-dozen short-run soap operas. At the same time that the author meets h...
In 1961 in the Dominican Republic, the inner circle of dictator Rafael Trujillo enjoy the luxuries of privilege while the rest of the nation lives in fear and deprivation. As plots arise to topple the dictator, Urania Cabral's father, the disgraced secretary of state, sacrifices her to Trujillo in the hope of regaining his position.
In 1961 in the Dominican Republic, the inner circle of dictator Rafael Trujillo enjoy the luxuries of privilege while the rest of the nation lives in ...
'The War of the End of the World' won the Hemingway Award, and has received excellent reviews from the Sunday Times and Listener. Previous titles by Llosa include The Green House, The Time of the Hero, Making Waves, The Storyteller and Death in the Andes.
'The War of the End of the World' won the Hemingway Award, and has received excellent reviews from the Sunday Times and Listener. Previous titles by L...
Felicito Yanaque has raised himself from poverty to ownership of a trucking business. He receives a threatening letter demanding protection money. The police don't take him seriously, Felicito refuses to pay up and gets sucked into a nightmare.
Felicito Yanaque has raised himself from poverty to ownership of a trucking business. He receives a threatening letter demanding protection money. The...
V románu Tetička Julie a zneuznaný génius se autor po letech strávených v cizině a po řadě uměleckých úspěchů vrací k tomu, co bylo, když pracoval v redakci rozhlasové stanice v Limě a pokoušel se psát velkou literaturu a když se jako osmnáctiletý zamiloval do své mnohem starší vzdálené příbuzné a proti vůli rodičů se s ní potají oženil. Reálný příběh vypravěčovy lásky, líčený z ironického nadhledu, se prolíná s fiktivními příběhy rozhlasového génia Pedra Camacha, který se velice podobá jednomu scenáristovi, s nímž se autor v té...
V románu Tetička Julie a zneuznaný génius se autor po letech strávených v cizině a po řadě uměleckých úspěchů vrací k tomu, co bylo, kd...
When a high-profile businessman is blackmailed by a notorious magazine editor, his comfortable life is threatened by the salacious expose. Then the editor is found murdered, and the two couples have no choice but to descend into the murkiest depths of Peruvian society, while the magazine's staff embarks on its greatest revelation yet .
When a high-profile businessman is blackmailed by a notorious magazine editor, his comfortable life is threatened by the salacious expose. Then the ed...
