The Feast of the Goat

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historical novel novel

The Feast of the Goat is a historical novel by Mario Vargas Llosa that explores the final days and enduring legacy of Rafael Trujillo’s brutal dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.

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The Feast of the Goat canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs feature film ⓘ
author Mario Vargas Llosa ⓘ
awarded PEN Translation Prize nomination ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Peru ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
depictsEvent assassination of Rafael Trujillo ⓘ
englishEditionPublisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ
englishTranslator Edith Grossman ⓘ
exploresTheme abuse of power ⓘ
complicity ⓘ
cult of personality ⓘ
memory and trauma ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Luis Llosa ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2005 ⓘ
filmAdaptationTitle La fiesta del Chivo ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 2000 ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Agustín Cabral ⓘ
Amadito García Guerrero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antonio de la Maza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rafael Trujillo ⓘ
surface form: Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina

Urania Cabral ⓘ
hasLiteraryMovement post-Boom Latin American literature ⓘ
hasLiteraryStyle realism ⓘ
isbnOfEnglishEdition 9780312420277 ⓘ
mainSubject Rafael Trujillo ⓘ
dictatorship ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeStructure multiple timelines ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of Latin American dictatorship ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle La fiesta del Chivo ⓘ
partOf Latin American literature ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Spain ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Alfaguara ⓘ
setInCountry Dominican Republic ⓘ
setInPeriod Trujillo dictatorship ⓘ
surface form: Rafael Trujillo dictatorship
timeSetting 1961 ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ

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Mario Vargas Llosa → notableWork → The Feast of the Goat ⓘ
La fiesta del Chivo → translatedTitle → The Feast of the Goat ⓘ
Patricia Llosa → notableWork → The Feast of the Goat ⓘ
subject surface form: Mario Vargas Llosa