Mario Vargas Llosa
Conversación en la catedral.
Madrid: Alfaguara, 1999. Biblioteca Vargas Llosa. "Edición definitiva" 8420484164 734 pages.
Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 5.25" x 8.5". Previous owner's name and date are discreetly written on first blank page. Book is otherwise in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright pages. Dust jacket displays very light shelfwear. 
""Conversación en la catedral" takes place in 1950s Peru during
the dictatorship of Manuel A. Odría. Over beers and a sea of freely spoken words, the conversation flows between two individuals, Santiago and Ambrosia, who talk of their tormented lives and of the overall degradation and frustration that has slowly taken over their town.
Through a complicated web of secrets and historical references, Mario Vargas Llosa analyzes the mental and moral mechanisms that govern power and the people behind it. More than a historic analysis, "Conversación en la catedral" is a groundbreaking novel that tackles identity as well as the role of a citizen and how a lack of personal freedom can forever scar a people and a nation."