Conversación en La Catedral

E398147

Conversación en La Catedral is a landmark novel by Mario Vargas Llosa that explores political corruption and existential despair in mid-20th-century Peru through a complex, multi-layered narrative.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Conversación en La Catedral canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
author Mario Vargas Llosa
centralTheme authoritarianism
class conflict
disillusionment
existential despair
memory and identity
political corruption
countryOfOrigin Peru
explores impact of dictatorship on private life
relationship between power and morality
urban life in Lima
firstPublicationForm book
genre modernist novel
political novel
social novel
hasAdaptation theatrical adaptations
hasApproximateLength over 600 pages
hasCharacter Amalia
Aída
Cayo Bermúdez
Don Fermín Zavala
hasEnglishTitle Conversation in the Cathedral
languageVariant Latin American Spanish
literaryMovement Latin American Boom
literaryStatus canonical work in Peruvian narrative
landmark of Latin American literature
mainCharacter Ambrosio
Santiago Zavala
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeStructure frame conversation in a bar
narrativeTechnique multiple timelines
nonlinear narrative
stream of consciousness
notableFor complex, multi-layered narrative
critical portrayal of Peruvian society
dense, experimental structure
originalLanguage Spanish
placeInAuthorOeuvre major work of Mario Vargas Llosa
publicationYear 1969
publisher Seix Barral
settingCountry Peru
settingLocation Lima
settingPeriod Odría dictatorship
mid-20th century
titleRefersTo bar named La Catedral

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mario Vargas Llosa notableWork Conversación en La Catedral
Conversation in the Cathedral originalTitle Conversación en La Catedral