The Green House

Author: Mario Vargas Llosa

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Price : $23.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780060732790
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Weight (g) : 0.308443
Publication date : 31 January 2005
Dimensions : .94 Inches X 5.31 Inches X 8 Inches
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Author : Mario Vargas Llosa
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Edition : 0502
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 863/.64
Pages : 416
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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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