Festival of the Ram

La fiesta del chivo

Douban

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Why, after thirty-five years away, did Urania return to the land she had sworn never to set foot on again? Why had she been plagued by fear since she was fourteen? Why had she never visited or greeted her father? Faced with her aunt's questioning, Urania slowly recounted the painful memories of over thirty years ago, the intricate political machinations, and the secret that had ruined her life...

Vargas Llosa uses a realistic writing style and a three-pronged narrative structure to describe Urania's recollections of the past, the daily routine of Dominican dictator Trujillo, and a breathtaking assassination attempt, revealing the mysterious relationship between dictatorship, power, corruption, and sex. In 2007, The Feast of the Ram was ranked second in the "100 Best Spanish-Language Novels of 1982-2007," behind only Gabriel García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera.

2017-11-01

人民文学出版社

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9787020159192