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| Original Title: | La casa verde |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Corporal Lituma |
| Setting: | Peru (Perú)(Peru) |
| Literary Awards: | Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos (1967), Premio de la Crítica de narrativa castellana (1967) |
Mario Vargas Llosa
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 3.71 | 3238 Users | 204 Reviews
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Mario Vargas Llosa's classic early novel takes place in a Peruvian town, situated between desert and jungle, which is torn by boredom and lust. Don Anselmo, a stranger in a black coat, builds a brothel on the outskirts of the town while he charms its innocent people, setting in motion a chain reaction with extraordinary consequences.This brothel, called the Green House, brings together the innocent and the corrupt; Bonificia, a young Indian girl saved by the nuns only to become a prostitute; Father Garcia, struggling for the church; and four best friends drawn to both excitement and escape.The conflicting forces that haunt the Green House evoke a world balanced between savagery and civilization -- and one that is cursed by not being able to discern between the two.
Details Containing Books The Green House
| Title | : | The Green House |
| Author | : | Mario Vargas Llosa |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2005 by Harper Perennial (first published 1965) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Latin American. European Literature. Spanish Literature |
Rating Containing Books The Green House
Ratings: 3.71 From 3238 Users | 204 ReviewsNotice Containing Books The Green House
The never-ending struggle between civilization and savagery, but... do we really know which is which? Once you get over the rather confusing manner in which Vargas Llosa chose to write this book (especially conversational portions and flashbacks- this book is NOT in chronological order), you start to really be appalled by the intensity of the story, and the beautiful descriptions of a country with lush jungles and deserts where the rain of sand could cut through one's face. Is this the story ofThis book is mainly about a village in Peru that lies between the jungle and the desert. A brothel that is built on the outskirts of village is at the heart of the story, and the effect it has on the lives of the village residents and the surrounding area are the threads of the story.I've never before read Llosa. It was an unusual reading experience for me, and at times I found it hard to follow. Even now that I've had plenty of time to reflect, I don't know if I loved it or hated it, or if it
Life is too short--and I am too close to the end of it--for me to compel myself to continue reading books that I am not really enjoying or at least finding interesting. I found it too hard to follow the plot of The Green House, and I didn't really care about any of the characters, so I quit halfway through the book. The Green House was one of Vargas Llosa's earliest books (1965). I have liked 10 of the 12 of his books that I have read, and I'm looking forward to reading his newest book, the
It is an interesting book, and several of the stories really do pull you in, but the way he mixes storylines, jumping from one to the other, jumping back and fort in time in some of the stories, staying put in others while interesting does break the rythm at points. Good book with some really interesting themes
Mario Vargas Llosa's politics are infuriating, but his fiction is a gift. This novel made me cry in the middle of a crowded kebab shop over a spicy pizza. That's a thumbs up, by my standards.
Llosa's depiction of life in and around a Peruvian brothel is a tale of brutal cruelty. The military, church, government and many independent businessmen exploit the area breeding corruption and hypocrisy. The tale is certainly not new, but Llosa's impressionistic narrative and temporally disjunctive structure illustrates how deeply pervasive this corruption is.
Oh, it was a toil figuring out who is who, what is what, when is when, a toil continuing to the end and finishing it...it is more like a game of discovery, with times shifting, characters changing names, points of view changing, styles changing...and despite all the things i enjoyed in this, i am left wondering, what is the limit of these games the author plays with the reader? when is it too much?
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