Conversation In The Cathedral Paperback - 2005
by Vargas Llosa, Mario
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- Title Conversation In The Cathedral
- Author Vargas Llosa, Mario
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 601
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher RAYO, New York
- Date 2005-02-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1391874
- ISBN 9780060732806 / 0060732806
- Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.05 x 5.32 x 1.44 in (20.45 x 13.51 x 3.66 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Political fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004063263
- Dewey Decimal Code 863.64
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From the rear cover
and the complex search for identity
Conversation in The Cathedral takes place in 1950s Peru during the dictatorship of Manuel A. Odra. Over beers and a sea of freely spoken words, the conversation flows between two individuals, Santiago and Ambrosia, who talk of their tormented lives and of the overall degradation and frustration that has slowly taken over their town.
Through a complicated web of secrets and historical references, Mario Vargas Llosa analyzes the mental and moral mechanisms that govern power and the people behind it. More than a historic analysis, Conversation in The Cathedral is a groundbreaking novel that tackles identity as well as the role of a citizen and how a lack of personal freedom can forever scar a people and a nation.