Mario Vargas Llosa must have written this book with the smile of a sophisticated con man, who enjoys nothing so much as stretching the reader. In the midst of the married life of don Rigoberta and doña Lucrezia, thick with passionate elation, there is an innocent grouch. Little Fonsito, the son from don Rigobert's first marriage, has nothing to compete for his father's favor with the beautiful woman with the alluring curves that nature has generously bestowed on the happy bride. The innocence of the child is stifled by the moral promiscuity of the parents.
Or is the child not a child at all, and innocence has too much in common with promiscuity?
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FIRST POLISH EDITION
Publisher: Muza, 1993.
Format: 195 x 130 mm, 160 pages.
Sewn edition, in hard cloth binding, with lacquer wrapper.
Piece in very nice condition, with minimal signs of storage and browsing.