by Mario Vargas Llosa · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420469409
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In 'The War of the End of the World', Mario Vargas Llosa narrates the story of the insurrection of the disinherited in northeastern Brazil at the end of the 19th century. Under the messianic leadership of the Counselor, these marginalized people seek dignity through religious exaltation and confrontation with the world of the powerful. The novel, set in the community of Canudos, presents unforgettable characters such as el Beatito and María Quadrado, while a political-military plot tries to suffocate the revolutionary movement. This story, exhaustively documented and set outside of Peru, explores the deep mentalities and passions of a society in conflict, consolidating itself as a fundamental work of the 20th century.
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a more substantial international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. In 2010, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for "his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".
