The War of the End of the World
New York; (1984): Farrar Staus Giroux. First Edition. Octavo. Item #022690
Limited to 250 copies numbered and signed by the author.The present copy is #65. 568pp. translated by Helen R. Lane. The author is a Peruvian writer, journalist, essayist, college professor, and a former politician. Llosa re-creates the turbulent events of late nineteenth century in the rough terrain of the Brazilian state of Bahia and begins with the arrival of a mysterious figure of great spiritual intensity, clad in a purple tunic, in the early 1890s. Preaching a gospel of love while invoking the pains of hell. Bound in black cloth decoratively stamped in copper, spine lettered and decorated in copper and gilt, a fine bright copy housed within a publusher's fine slipcase.
Price: $250.00