The Wicked, or the Feast of the Goat
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The Wicked, or the Feast of the Goat
14.99 €
Mario Vargas Llosa (1936–2025) was a Peruvian writer, one of the leading figures in Latin American prose, and a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and other prestigious awards.
In the early 1970s, at a Latin American writers' convention, the idea arose to create a book series, "Fathers of the Homeland," dedicated to the dictators of Latin America. Many authors enthusiastically accepted the challenge. It was as part of this project that Gabriel García Márquez wrote the novel "Autumn of the Patriarch," creating a composite image of the dictator, and Mario Vargas Llosa presented the novel "The Unholy Man, or the Feast of the Goat," dedicated to the infamous Dominican tyrant Trujillo, nicknamed "the Goat" for his monstrous lust.
Almost all the characters in "The Feast of the Goat" are real people: Trujillo's comrades, victims, and murderers. Before beginning work on the novel, Vargas Llosa collected extensive documentary material, visited the Dominican Republic, interviewed witnesses, and created a research novel in which he attempted to answer a question that had been tormenting him: what is the magic behind the paralyzing influence of a dictator's personality?
What voids in the human soul does a tyrant fill, so that people not only meekly but sometimes even enthusiastically obey his inhumane commands?
In the early 1970s, at a Latin American writers' convention, the idea arose to create a book series, "Fathers of the Homeland," dedicated to the dictators of Latin America. Many authors enthusiastically accepted the challenge. It was as part of this project that Gabriel García Márquez wrote the novel "Autumn of the Patriarch," creating a composite image of the dictator, and Mario Vargas Llosa presented the novel "The Unholy Man, or the Feast of the Goat," dedicated to the infamous Dominican tyrant Trujillo, nicknamed "the Goat" for his monstrous lust.
Almost all the characters in "The Feast of the Goat" are real people: Trujillo's comrades, victims, and murderers. Before beginning work on the novel, Vargas Llosa collected extensive documentary material, visited the Dominican Republic, interviewed witnesses, and created a research novel in which he attempted to answer a question that had been tormenting him: what is the magic behind the paralyzing influence of a dictator's personality?
What voids in the human soul does a tyrant fill, so that people not only meekly but sometimes even enthusiastically obey his inhumane commands?
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