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War of the End of the World
by Vargas Llosa, Mario, Lane, Helen
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- Comments: 568 pp. Originally written in Spanish. Translated by Helen R. Lane.Small indentation on upper edge of back cover. Owner's name written on flyleaf. Otherwise, very good condition. Some curling of dust jacket. This novel retells the story of the uprising in the Brazilian backlands that almost reversed the history of the continent. It is the story of an apocalyptic prophet and the state he created, Canudos, home to all the damned of the earth, prostitutes, bandits, beggars, and their like. [All books shipped w
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- ISBN-13: 9780374286514
- ISBN: 0374286515
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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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.Vargas Llosa, Mario is the author of 'War of the End of the World' with ISBN 9780374286514 and ISBN 0374286515.
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