Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
1st ed.
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Contributions
- Gregory Kolovakos - Translator
- Ronald Christ - Translator
Publication
1978 - Harper and Row, New York (New York), USA, New York (State)
Language
English
Translation of: Pantaleón y las visitadoras
Word Count
61,000 words, Guess
Page Count
244 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecaptainpantojasp00varg
- ISBN-100060144947
- ISBN-139780060144944
- LibraryThing80970
- Library of Congress Control Number76026280
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number3479248
- Better World Books9780060144944
- Open LibraryOL4893333M
Classifications
- DDC863
- LCCPZ4.V297 Cap PQ8498.32.A65
- LCCPZ4.V297 Cap
and 3 more
- LCCPQ8498.32.A65; Cap
- LCCPZ4.V297
- LCCPQ8498.32.A65 1978
Description
"Pantaleón Pantoja, un capitán del Ejército recientemente ascendido, recibe la misión de establecer un servicio de prostitución para las Fuerzas Armadas del Perú en el más absoluto secreto militar. Estricto cumplidor del deber que le ha sido asignado, Pantaleón se traslada a Iquitos, en plena selva, para llevar a cabo su cometido, pero se entrega a esta misión con tal obcecación que termina por poner en peligro el engranaje que él mismo ha puesto en movimiento. Así arranca la novela de Mario Vargas Llosa Pantaleón y las visitadoras, publicada en 1973 y llevada posteriormente al cine. Mario Vargas Llosa utiliza está anécdota para subrayar la hipocresía de las instituciones que se llaman ejemplares en relación con el oficio más viejo del mundo. Con esta novela el autor revela las posibilidades del juego y del humor en la literatura, enriqueciendo su universo literario". (De la editorial) ---------- This farce opens as the prim and proper Captain Pantoja learns he is to be sent to Peru's Amazon frontier on a secret mission for the army--to provide females for the amorous recruits. Side-splitting complications arise as word of Captain Pantoja's remarkable achievements start to spread.
Description
This farce opens as the prim and proper Captain Pantoja learns he is to be sent to Peru's Amazon frontier on a secret mission for the army--to provide females for the amorous recruits. Side-splitting complications arise as word of Captain Pantoja's remarkable achievements start to spread.
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