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Harsh times / Mario Vargas Llosa ; translated from the Spanish by Adrian Nathan West.

Author/creator Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- author.
Other author/creatorWest, Adrian Nathan translator.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst American edition.
Publication Info New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Copyright Notice ©2021
Description288 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleTiempos recios. English
Abstract "The true story of Guatemala's political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell it"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the government of Jacobo Árbenz. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changes the development of Latin America: the accusation by the Eisenhower administration that Árbenz encouraged the spread of Soviet Communism in the Americas. -- adapted from jacket
General note"Originally published in Spanish in 2019 by Alfaguara Ediciones, Spain, as Tiempos recios"--Title page verso.
LanguageTranslated from the Spanish.
Awards noteWinner of The Nobel Prize in Literature
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
Genre/formPolitical fiction.
Genre/formFICTION / Literary.
Genre/formFICTION / Political.
Genre/formFICTION / Historical / General.
Genre/formPolitical fiction.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
Genre/formFiction.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formPolitical fiction.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
LCCN 2021025307
ISBN9780374601232 hardcover
ISBN0374601232 hardcover
Standard identifier# 40030840189

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks PQ8498.32 .A65 T5513 2021 ✔ Available Place Hold