The Time of the Hero
by Vargas Llosa, Mario; translated by Lysander Kemp
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. 1st English Language Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight foxing to top edge, light cloth spotting, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/4"tear and crease atop the spine, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; First Edition, First Printing of the first English translation of Vargas Llosa's writing, his first novel. "Moving back and forth from pst to present, from inner thought to outer action, from inside the [Leoncio Prado Military] Academy to the city outside, Vargas Llosa exposes the sordid world of the military elite, with its hypocrisy, moral decay, and power politics, and the corruption throughout the society beyond the Academy walls." Small wonder that a thousand copies of his novel were burned in official ceremony at the actual Academy in Lima, an early sign of the impact of the Peruvian novelist that earned the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. ; 409 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15571
- Title
- The Time of the Hero
- Author
- Vargas Llosa, Mario; translated by Lysander Kemp
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st English Language Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Peruvian Literature - 20th Century, First Novel, First English Translation, Nobel Prize for Literature
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