Conversación en La Catedral

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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.

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Conversación en La Catedral canonical 2

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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 ⓘ

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