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IN PRAISE OF THE STEPMOTHER
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| By: |
Mario Vargas Llosa |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571141358 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571141357 |
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| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
20 August, 1997 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Translated from: |
Spanish |
| Description: |
Don Rigoberto, his second wife, Lucrecia, and his son, Alfonso, their family life together seems to be a happy one. Rigoberto, an insurance company manager, spends his time preening himself for his wife and collecting erotic art. |
| Synopsis: |
With meticulous observation and the seductive skill of a great storyteller, Vargas Llosa lures the reader into the shadow of perversion that, little by little, darkens the extraordinary happiness and harmony of his characters. The mysterious nature of happiness and above all, the corrupting power of innocence are the themes that underlie these pages, and the author has perfectly met the demands of the erotic novel, never dimming for an instant the fine poetic polish of his writing. |
| Illustrations: |
6 full colour plates |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Returns: |
Returnable |