The Resource The discreet hero, Mario Vargas Llosa ; [translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman]
The discreet hero, Mario Vargas Llosa ; [translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman]
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The item The discreet hero, Mario Vargas Llosa ; [translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
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- 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 Fel⩣ito Yanaqu⥬ 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. Fel⩣ito 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, Do䮡 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" --
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 326 pages
- Isbn
- 9780571310715
- Label
- The discreet hero
- Title
- The discreet hero
- Statement of responsibility
- Mario Vargas Llosa ; [translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman]
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- Summary
-
- 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 Fel⩣ito Yanaqu⥬ 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. Fel⩣ito 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, Do䮡 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" --
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vargas Llosa, Mario
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Grossman, Edith
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Extortion
- Businessmen
- Peru
- Label
- The discreet hero, Mario Vargas Llosa ; [translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman]
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000054446338
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 326 pages
- Isbn
- 9780571310715
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2014031209
- System control number
- (OCoLC)905465445
- Label
- The discreet hero, Mario Vargas Llosa ; [translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman]
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000054446338
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 326 pages
- Isbn
- 9780571310715
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2014031209
- System control number
- (OCoLC)905465445
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