The Time of the Hero

Name: The Time of the Hero
Author: Mario Vargas Llosa

by Mario Vargas Llosa

Coming-of-age novel set in a brutal military academy in Peru

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Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian-Spanish author and Nobel laureate who is one of the most important novelists in the Spanish language. Conversation in the Cathedral and The War of the End of the World are among the masterpieces of 20th-century Latin American fiction.

More by Mario Vargas Llosa

Conversation in the CathedralTwo men discuss corruption in Peru through a long conversation in a cathedral
The War of the End of the WorldEpic narrative of a religious rebellion in nineteenth-century Brazil
The Feast of the GoatNovel of political power and brutality in a dictator's final days
Aunt Julia and the ScriptwriterComic romance between an older woman and a young radio soap opera writer