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Conversation in the Cathedral is a novel by Peruvian writer and essayist Mario Vargas Llosa. The novel is recognized as one of the author's main works. It is a portrayal of Peru under the dictatorship of Manuel A. Odría in the 1950s, and deals with the lives of characters from different social strata.[1] The ambitious narrative is built around the stories of Santiago Zavala and Ambrosio respectively; one the son of a minister, the other his chauffeur.[2] A random meeting at a dog pound leads to a riveting conversation between the two at a nearby bar known as the Cathedral (hence the title).[3] During the encounter Zavala tries to find the truth about his father's role in the murder of a notorious Peruvian underworld figure, shedding light on the workings of a dictatorship along the way.
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- Castro-Klarén, Sara (1990), Understanding Mario Vargas Llosa, Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina, ISBN 0-87249-668-6 .
- Kristal, Efraín (1998), Temptation of the Word: The Novels of Mario Vargas Llosa, Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, ISBN 0-8265-1301-8 .
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Works by Mario Vargas Llosa |
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The Cubs and Other Stories (1959)
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A Writer's Reality (1991) · A Fish in the Water (1993) · Making Waves (1997) · Letters to a Young Novelist (1997) · The Language of Passion (2001)
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