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| Author | Mario Vargas Llosa |
|---|---|
| Original title | El héroe discreto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Alfaguara |
| Publication date | 1 June 2013 |
| Publication place | Spain |
Published in English | 2015 |
| Pages | 383 |
| ISBN | 978-6-12309-107-1 |
The Discreet Hero (Spanish: El héroe discreto) is a 2013 novel by the Peruvian-Spanish writer Mario Vargas Llosa. It follows the interlaced intrigues of three Peruvians: the owner of a trucking business who refuses to pay protection money, the boss of an insurance company who marries and goes away with his housekeeper, and an executive at the insurance company who is unjustly accused of a crime by his employer's sons.[1][2] The book reuses several characters from previous stories by Vargas Llosa, notably In Praise of the Stepmother (1988) and The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto (1998).[1]
The novel was the basis for the Colombian telenovela Cuando vivas conmigo which ran in 2016 and 2017.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fernández-Lamarque, María (2016). "Vargas Llosa, Mario. El héroe discreto. Lima: Alfaguara, 2013. Pp. 383. ISBN 978-6-12309-107-1". Hispania. 99 (2): 363–364. doi:10.1353/hpn.2016.0059.
- ↑ Theroux, Marcel (25 March 2015). "The Discreet Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa review – a fable of defiance in Peru". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ ""'Cuando vivas conmigo' es una producción que recupera la comedia en horario familiar": Diego Trujillo". El Espectador (in Spanish). 15 September 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2025.