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El Héroe Discreto / The Discreet Hero

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El Héroe Discreto / The Discreet HeroUna novela del Premio Nobel de Literatura y Prncipe de Asturias de las Letras Mario Vargas Llosa, en la que dos hombres puestos a prueba por la vida descubren el verdadero sentido del coraje y la lealtad. Uno de los mejores libros de 2013 segn Babelia y El Cultural de El Mundo. El hroe discreto narra la historia paralela de dos personajes: el ordenado y entraable Felcito Yanaqu, un pequeo empresario de Piura, que es extorsionado; y de Ismael Carrera,

Una novela del Premio Nobel de Literatura y Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras Mario Vargas Llosa, en la que dos hombres puestos a prueba por la vida descubren el verdadero sentido del coraje y la lealtad.

Uno de los mejores libros de 2013 según Babelia y El Cultural de El Mundo.
El héroe discreto narra la historia paralela de dos personajes: el ordenado y entrañable Felícito Yanaqué, un pequeño empresario de Piura, que es extorsionado; y de Ismael Carrera, un exitoso hombre de negocios, dueño de una aseguradora en Lima, quien urde una sorpresiva venganza contra sus dos hijos holgazanes que quisieron verlo muerto.

Ambos personajes son, a su modo, discretos rebeldes que intentan hacerse cargo de sus propios destinos, pues tanto Ismael como Felícito le echan un pulso al curso de los acontecimientos. Mientras Ismael desafía todas las convenciones de su clase, Felícito se aferra a unas pocas máximas para plantar cara al chantaje. No son justicieros, pero están por encima de las mezquindades de su entorno para vivir según sus ideales y deseos.

Viejos conocidos del mundo vargasllosiano aparecen en estas páginas: el sargento Lituma y los inconquistables, don Rigoberto, doña Lucrecia y Fonchito, todos moviéndose ahora en un Perú muy próspero.

Un libro lleno de humor, con elementos propios del melodrama, donde Piura y Lima ya no son espacios físicos, sino reinos de la imaginación poblados por los personajes del gran escritor que es Mario Vargas Llosa.

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A tale of two cities―Piura and Lima―rocked by scandal, and the disintegrating bonds of loyalty between the generations

Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa's newest novel follows two fascinating characters whose lives are destined to intersect: neat, endearing Felícito Yanaqué, a small businessman in Piura, Peru, who finds himself the victim of blackmail; and Ismael Carrera, a successful owner of an insurance company in Lima, who cooks up a plan to avenge himself against the two lazy sons who want him dead.

Felícito and Ismael are, each in his own way, quiet, discreet rebels: honorable men trying to seize control of their destinies in a social and political climate where all can seem set in stone, predetermined. They are hardly vigilantes, but each is determined to live according to his own personal ideals and desires―which means forcibly rising above the pettiness of their surroundings. The Discreet Hero is also a chance to revisit some of our favorite players from previous Vargas Llosa novels: Sergeant Lituma, Don Rigoberto, Doña Lucrecia, and Fonchito are all here in a prosperous Peru. Vargas Llosa sketches Piura and Lima vividly―and the cities become not merely physical spaces but realms of the imagination populated by his vivid characters.

A novel whose humor and pathos shine through in Edith Grossman's masterly translation, The Discreet Hero is another remarkable achievement from the finest Latin American novelist at work today.
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