The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
This rambunctious first novel by the author of the bestselling Corelli's Mandolin is set in an impoverished, violent, yet ravishingly beautiful country somewhere in South America. When the haughty Dona Constanza decides to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, the consequences are at once...
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This rambunctious first novel by the author of the bestselling Corelli's Mandolin is set in an impoverished, violent, yet ravishingly beautiful country somewhere in South America. When the haughty Dona Constanza decides to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, the consequences are at once tragic, heroic, and outrageously funny. "Walks a precarious edge between slapstick and pathos, never once losing its balance."--Washington Post Book World.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780375700132 (0375700137)
Publish date: July 29th 1997
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Contemporary,
Magical Realism,
Latin American
Series: Latin American Trilogy
I just put this book down and ran over to the computer to write the review before I lost the sense of joy it left me with. I know that this review is going to be a challenge for me though, because so much happened in this book and there were so many characters that if I focus on one thing, I’ll be l...
This is the first of de Bernieres' Latin American trilogy, set in a fictional South American country, heavily resembling Colombia (but with elements from many other Latin American countries as well). The plot follows multiple story lines and protagonists, including several villagers in the town of C...
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