The Time of the Hero

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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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instanceOf literary work
novel
adaptation theatrical adaptations
author Mario Vargas Llosa NERFINISHED
awardReceived Biblioteca Breve Prize NERFINISHED
Critics’ Prize (Spain) NERFINISHED
controversy copies publicly burned at Leoncio Prado Military Academy
criticized by Peruvian military authorities
countryOfOrigin Peru NERFINISHED
genre bildungsroman
military novel
novel
hasISBN 9780374521390
hasMainCharacter Alberto Fernández NERFINISHED
Jaguar NERFINISHED
Ricardo Arana NERFINISHED
The Slave NERFINISHED
influenced subsequent Latin American narrative fiction
languageOfTitle English
literaryStyle realism
social realism
movement Latin American Boom NERFINISHED
narrativeTechnique multiple perspectives
nonlinear narrative
originalLanguage Spanish
originalTitle La ciudad y los perros NERFINISHED
partOf Mario Vargas Llosa bibliography
placeOfPublication Barcelona NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1963
publisher Seix Barral NERFINISHED
setting Leoncio Prado Military Academy NERFINISHED
Lima NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Latin American Boom
Mario Vargas Llosa ("La ciudad y los perros")
Mario Vargas Llosa
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Latin American literature
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