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Author: Vargas Llosa, Mario

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 21 June 2012 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 768 pages
151 x 199 x 48 | 592g

‘A modern tragedy on the grand scale.’ Salman RushdieThe War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and bandits establish Canudos, a new republic, a libertarian paradise.