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Oct 1, 1981 · 11,231 ratings983 reviews. The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the unforgettable story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and bandits establish Canudos, a new republic, a ...
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The War of the End of the World (Spanish: La guerra del fin del mundo) is a 1981 novel written by Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is a fictionalized account of the War of Canudos conflict in late 19th-century Brazil.
Jul 22, 2008 · In perhaps his most ambitious and tragic novel, Mario Vargas Llosa tells his own version of the real story of Canudos, inhabiting characters on both sides of the massive, cataclysmic battle between the society and government troops.
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Sep 6, 2023 · At face value, The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa is a novel based on the War of Canudos in Brazil during the late-nineteenth century. However, the novel...
Mar 4, 2011 · The War of the End of the World: A Novel Kindle Edition. by Mario Vargas Llosa (Author), Helen Lane (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.4 425 ratings. See all formats and editions. Kindle. $11.99 Read with our free app. Hardcover. $69.00 19 Used from $5.63 4 New from $68.75 16 Collectible from $25.00. Paperback.
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Summary. Focused on a cataclysm at the end of an era, Mario Vargas Llosa’s monumental 1981 novel, La guerra del fin del mundo ( The War of the End of the World) also appears to want to signal the end of history - or at least the collapse of ideologies that drive it.
Sep 1, 1984 · Set in nineteenth century Brazil, and based on a real episode in Brazilian history, this novel is the tory of an apocalyptic movement led by a mysterious prophet to establish another republic: Canudos, whose citizens are all the damned of the earth, the prostittues, bandits and beggars who flee to the Brazilian frontier.
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