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The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros) (1963) was the first novel published by Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa. Set among a community of cadets in a Lima military school (the Leoncio Prado Military School), it is notable for its experimental and complex employment of multiple perspectives.
The novel was later turned into a film by Peruvian director Francisco Lombardi.
External link
- Brief discussion
- Sharon Magnarelli, "La ciudad y los perros: Women and Language"
- La ciudad y los perros, information on the film from the IMDB
| The work of Mario Vargas Llosa | |
|---|---|
| Novels The Time of the Hero, The Green House, Conversation in the Cathedral, Captain Pandoja and the Special Service, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The War of The End of the World, The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, Who Killed Palomino Molero?, The Storyteller, In Praise of The Stepmother, Death in the Andes, The Feast of the Goat, The Way to Paradise, Mischiefs of the Bad Girl | |
| Short stories: The Cubs and other Stories, Notebooks of Don Rigoberto | |
| Non-fiction Carta de batalla por Tirant Lo Blanc, García Márquez: Story of a deicide, The Perpetual Orgy, A Fish in the Water, Making Waves, The Language of Passion, Letters to a Young Novelist, A Writer's reality, La tentación de lo imposible | |
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