Conversation in the Cathedral
by Llosa, Mario Vargas (translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060145021
- ISBN 13
- 9780060145026
- Seller
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Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Conversation in the Cathedral is a 1969 novel by Peruvian writer and essayist Mario Vargas Llosa, recognized as one of his major works. It is a portrayal of Peru under the dictatorship of Manuel A. Odría in the 1950s, and deals with the lives of characters from different social strata. The ambitious narrative is built around the stories of Santiago Zavala and Ambrosio respectively; one the son of a minister, the other his chauffeur.
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- Bookseller
- Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 266318
- Title
- Conversation in the Cathedral
- Author
- Llosa, Mario Vargas (translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060145021
- ISBN 13
- 9780060145026
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- novels fiction
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