The Time of the Hero
novel by Vargas Llosa
The Time of the Hero, novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, published in 1963 as La ciudad y los perros (“The City and the Dogs”). The novel describes adolescents in a Peruvian military school striving to survive in a hostile and violent environment. The corruption of the military school suggests a larger malaise afflicting Peru. The novel has a complex structure, with a nonlinear chronology and multiple narrative voices. Following its publication, the Peruvian military incinerated...
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