by Louis de Bernières · VINTAGE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749391300
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«War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts» is the magic realist novel by Louis de Bernières, published by Vintage in paperback (384 pages, in English).
In a South American village, the capricious Doña Constanza diverts a river to fill her swimming pool and clashes with the neighbours. The government sends soldiers under the command of the brutal Figueras; the villagers, subjected to torture, plan to flee to the mountains to found a new society. A satire with surreal humour and magical touches.
First instalment of the Latin American Trilogy. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1991.
For readers of literary fiction with an interest in stories set in Latin America.
Louis de Bernières is an English novelist. He is known for his 1994 historical war novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a promotion in Granta magazine. Captain Corelli's Mandolin was published in the following year, winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. It was also shortlisted for the 1994 Sunday Express Book of the Year. It has been translated into at least 11 languages and is an international best-seller.
