The Green House: Classic Nobel Prize-Winning Latin American Fiction from Peru

Synopsis

"dazzling. An imaginative documentation of nature's sway over man. " —new york times book reviewfrom the winner of the nobel prize in literature, an important and passionate novel set in peru, that explores man’s struggle with both nature and civilizationvargas llosa’s classic early novel takes place in puira, a peruvian town situated between desert and jungle, and 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, thus setting of a chain-reaction with extraordinary consequences.