The Time of the Hero

E97607
literary work novel

The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.

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Label Occurrences
The Time of the Hero canonical 5
La ciudad y los perros 2

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptation theatrical adaptations ⓘ
author Mario Vargas Llosa ⓘ
awardReceived Premio Biblioteca Breve ⓘ
surface form: Biblioteca Breve Prize

Critics’ Prize (Spain) ⓘ
controversy copies publicly burned at Leoncio Prado Military Academy ⓘ
criticized by Peruvian military authorities ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Peru ⓘ
genre bildungsroman ⓘ
military novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
hasISBN 9780374521390 ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Alberto Fernández ⓘ
Jaguar ⓘ
Ricardo Arana ⓘ
The Slave ⓘ
influenced subsequent Latin American narrative fiction ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
literaryStyle realism ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
movement Latin American Boom ⓘ
narrativeTechnique multiple perspectives ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle The Time of the Hero self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: La ciudad y los perros
partOf Mario Vargas Llosa bibliography ⓘ
placeOfPublication Barcelona ⓘ
publicationYear 1963 ⓘ
publisher Seix Barral ⓘ
setting Peruvian Chorrillos Military School ⓘ
surface form: Leoncio Prado Military Academy

Lima ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
significance helped establish Mario Vargas Llosa’s international reputation ⓘ
landmark work of the Latin American Boom ⓘ
subjectMatter life in a Peruvian military academy ⓘ
theme adolescence ⓘ
brutality ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
institutional abuse ⓘ
military authoritarianism ⓘ
violence ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
translatedTitle The Time of the Hero self-link ⓘ

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Latin American Boom → notableWork → The Time of the Hero ⓘ
Latin American literature → hasNotableWork → The Time of the Hero ⓘ
Mario Vargas Llosa → notableWork → The Time of the Hero ⓘ
this entity surface form: La ciudad y los perros
Mario Vargas Llosa → notableWork → The Time of the Hero ⓘ
The Time of the Hero → originalTitle → The Time of the Hero self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La ciudad y los perros
The Time of the Hero → translatedTitle → The Time of the Hero self-link ⓘ
Patricia Llosa → notableWork → The Time of the Hero ⓘ
subject surface form: Mario Vargas Llosa