Harsh Times (novel)
2019 novel by Mario Vargas Llosa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the film, see Harsh Times (film).
Harsh Times (Spanish: Tiempos recios) is a novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa published in 2019, which narrates the turbulent history of Guatemala in the mid-1950s.[1] The book won the ninth edition of the Francisco Umbral Book of the Year Award 2019.[1]
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![]() Spanish language edition Tiempos recios | |
Author | Mario Vargas Llosa |
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Series | Mario Vargas Llosa |
Publication date | 2019 |
Preceded by | The Neighborhood |
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According to Vargas Llosa, the novel shows "the Latin America of horror, barbarism and violence; a very attractive world for literature, but not in real life, full of injustices".[2]