{"product_id":"time-of-the-hero-mario-vargas-llosa-9780374520212","title":"Time of the Hero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe action of \u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Hero\u003c\/i\u003e, Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa's first novel, takes place at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, Peru. There, four angry cadets who have formed an inner circle in an attempt to ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the military academy set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder and suicide. \u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Hero\u003c\/i\u003e presents, with great accuracy and power, the cadets' nightmare life: brutal initiation rights, poker in the latrines, drinking contests; and, above all else, the strange military code which, whether broken or followed, can only destroy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Hero\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in Peru in 1962, it was considered so scandalous that a thousand copies were burned in an official ceremony at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy. That same year, the book received the Biblioteca Breve Prize, an award given to the best work of fiction in the Spanish language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e... A]s with other fine writers, Vargas functions on more than a single level of meaning. - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mario Vargas Llosa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374520216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374520212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2015 pg. 78","brand":"Mario Vargas Llosa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048621961471,"sku":"9780374520212","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f306d9f-6481-42c0-8e3b-4f9c48ed5ec2.jpg?v=1684996844","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-of-the-hero-mario-vargas-llosa-9780374520212","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}