The Feast of the Goat

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"Novela histórica sobre los últimos días del general Rafael Leonidas Trujillo en la República Dominicana en 1961. El hilo conductor de la novela es el retorno a la isla de Urania Cabral, hija de un senador del régimen trujillista, luego de muchos años de la muerte del dictador. Mientras Urania visita a su padre moribundo, la narración reconstruye el fin de una era haciendo un recuento de una serie de personajes históricos, entre ellos, el sempiterno presidente de la República Dominicana, Joaquín Balaguer y ascenso político. La crueldad del poder y la maldad humana destacan en este gran relato, una de las mejores novelas del novelista peruano". --Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. ---------- A 49 year old expatriate Urania Cabral living a life of emptiness and terrorizing memories is finaly returning to her native Dominican Republic to face her nightmares. The year is 1961, the pick of a brutal and horrifying regime lead by Rafael Trujillo, an ailing but still powerful and degenerate dictator. He is called the Goat by the nation of 3 million. Little she knows that despite all the ever present oppresion, cowardice and invigilation there is a conspiracy brewing against the Goat. In this fast paced narrative, masterfuly constructed by Llosa in a typical multilevel, entwining byplays you will find yourself in the world of horror, deception, violence and bloody clashes. It is also a kaleidoscope of human characters, demeanour and decissions in confrontation with a brutal and complex reality. Extraordinary literature. Fantastic material for a movie adaptation.

subjects: Novela peruana,  Fiction,  Novela,  Historia,  History,  Political fiction,  Translations into English,  Women lawyers,  Fathers and daughters,  Sixties (20th century),  Spanish fiction,  Peruvian fiction,  Massacres,  Trujillo. Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961,  Fiction, political,  Fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fathers and daughters, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Women lawyers, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Romans, nouvelles,  Histoire,  4 Ficción,  Ficción,  Masacres,  Romans,  Despotisme,  Politique et gouvernement,  Drama,  Nobel Prize winners,  Fiction, general,  Dominican republic, fiction,  Literatura dominicana,  Novela dominicana,  Politics and government,  Literatura peruana,  Law reports, digests,  Law,  Digests

People: Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (1891-1961),  Joaquín Balaguer (1906-2002),  Joaquín Balaguer (1906-)

Places: Dominican Republic,  República Dominicana,  Latin America

Times: 1961-,  Siglo XX