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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.
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The Green House, Mario Vargas Llosa
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- 2005
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- Title
- The Green House
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0060732792
- ISBN13
- 9780060732790
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics, Literary Fiction, Spanish Literature, Nobel prize, Latin American Literature, Peru, Amazon, Amazon River, South American Indians, Peruvian Literature, Rainforest Novel
- First published
- 1966
- Original title
- La casa verde
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- 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.