The discreet hero
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Contributions
- Grossman, Edith, 1936- translator - Contributor
Publication
2015 - Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
81,500 words, Guess
Page Count
326 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivediscreethero0000varg
- Internet Archivediscreethero0000varg_v8i9
- ISBN-100374146748
- ISBN-139780374146740
- Library of Congress Control Number2014031209
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number889666310
- Better World Books9780374146740
- Open LibraryOL27175662M
Classifications
- DDC863/.64
- LCCPQ8498.32.A65 H4713 2015
- LCCPQ8498.32.A65H4713
Description
"La novela cuenta la historia paralela de dos personajes: el ordenado y entran able Feli cito Yanaque , un pequen o empresario de Piura que es extorsionado, e Ismael Carrera, un exitoso hombre de negocios, duen o de una aseguradora en Lima, quien urde una sorpresiva venganza contra sus dos hijos holgazanes que quisieron verlo muerto. Viejos conocidos del mundo vargallosiano aparecen en estas pa ginas: el sargento Lituma y los inconquistables, don Rigoberto, don a Lucrecia y Fonchito, todos movie ndose ahora en un Peru muy pro spero. Ambos personajes son, a su modo, discretos rebeldes que intentan hacerse cargo de sus propios destinos, pues tanto Ismael como Feli cito le echan un pulso al curso de los acontecimientos. Mientras Ismael desafi a todas las convenciones de su clase, Feli cito se aferra a unas pocas ma ximas para plantar cara al chantaje. No son justicieros, pero esta n por encima de las mezquindades de su entorno para vivir segu n sus ideales y deseos. Un libro lleno de humor, en clave de melodrama, que ocurre en el pujante Peru actual, donde Piura y Lima ya no son espacios fi sicos, sino reinos de la imaginacio n poblados por los personajes del gran escritor que es Mario Vargas Llosa.
Description
A successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru. "The Discreet Hero, follows two fascinating characters whose lives are destined to intersect: neat, endearing Felícito Yanaqué, a small businessman in Piura, Peru, who finds himself the victim of blackmail; and Ismael Carrera, a successful owner of an insurance company in Lima, who cooks up a plan to avenge himself against the two lazy sons who want him dead. Felícito and Ismael are, each in his own way, quiet, discreet rebels: honorable men trying to seize control of their destinies in a social and political climate where all can seem set in stone, predetermined. They are hardly vigilantes, but each is determined to live according to his own personal ideals and desires--which means forcibly rising above the pettiness of their surroundings. The Discreet Hero is also a chance to revisit some of our favorite players from previous Vargas Llosa novels: Sergeant Lituma, Don Rigoberto, Doña Lucrecia, and Fonchito are all here in a prosperous Peru. Vargas Llosa sketches Piura and Lima vividly--and the cities become not merely physical spaces but realms of the imagination populated by his vivid characters" --
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