I give you my silence a novel
In Peru, a struggling writer becomes obsessed with documenting the life of an elusive guitarist whom he believes embodies the spirit of the vals, a Creole musical tradition. Hoping that a biography of the musician and a celebration of the culture surrounding the music might reveal Peru's national so...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2026.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | In Peru, a struggling writer becomes obsessed with documenting the life of an elusive guitarist whom he believes embodies the spirit of the vals, a Creole musical tradition. Hoping that a biography of the musician and a celebration of the culture surrounding the music might reveal Peru's national soul and foster social unity, the writer confronts the tensions between artistic idealism and a society marked by political violence. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Spanish in 2023 by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Spain, as Le dedico mi silencio"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 246 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780374616250 0374616256 |
| Author Notes: | Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." He also received the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor. His many works include The Feast of the Goat , In Praise of the Stepmother , and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter , all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. |
