{"product_id":"three-plays-the-young-lady-from-tacna-kathie-and-the-hippopotamus-la-chunga-9780374522650","title":"Three Plays: The Young Lady from Tacna, Kathie and the Hippopotamus, La Chunga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMario Vargas Llosa, the internationally acclaimed novelist and a cultural and political figure in Peru, explores the complexities of Peruvian society and the writer's imagination in three dramas.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn T\u003ci\u003ehe Young Lady from Tacina\u003c\/i\u003e, history and fiction collide in a 100-year-old woman known as Mamae, as her grand nephew attempts to turn the rich but contradictory stories of her life into a single narrative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKathie and the Hippopotamus\u003c\/i\u003e, a banker's wife recounts her travel adventures to a writer, but as he embellishes the tales with his own style and tastes, they transform into something altogether new and unexpected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally, in \u003ci\u003eLa Chunga\u003c\/i\u003e, the regulars in a small-town bar trade speculations about what happened between the bar's female owner, a local pimp, and their shared object of desire, who has disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVargas Llorca introduces each play with a foreword that helps to place the action in context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mario Vargas Llosa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.74h x 4.97w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374522650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Peru in 1936. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature \"for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat.\" He also won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor. His many works of fiction and nonfiction include \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of the Goat, In Praise of the Stepmother, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by FSG. He died in Lima at age 89 in 2025.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45322605985907,"sku":"9780374522650","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_073613a1-563b-4176-ae1b-2477b457737a.jpg?v=1786020723","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/three-plays-the-young-lady-from-tacna-kathie-and-the-hippopotamus-la-chunga-9780374522650","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}