Harsh times / Mario Vargas Llosa ; translated from the Spanish by Adrian Nathan West.
| Author/creator | Vargas Llosa, Mario author. |
| Other author | West, Adrian Nathan translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First American edition. |
| Publication | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 288 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Tiempos recios. English |
| Abstract | "The true story of Guatemala's political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell it"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the government of Jacobo Árbenz. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changes the development of Latin America: the accusation by the Eisenhower administration that Árbenz encouraged the spread of Soviet Communism in the Americas. -- adapted from jacket |
| General note | "Originally published in Spanish in 2019 by Alfaguara Ediciones, Spain, as Tiempos recios"--Title page verso. |
| Language | Translated from the Spanish. |
| Awards note | Winner of The Nobel Prize in Literature |
| Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
| Genre/form | Political fiction. |
| Genre/form | FICTION / Literary. |
| Genre/form | FICTION / Political. |
| Genre/form | FICTION / Historical / General. |
| Genre/form | Political fiction. |
| Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Political fiction. |
| Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
| LCCN | 2021025307 |
| ISBN | 9780374601232 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0374601232 hardcover |
| Standard identifier# | 40030840189 |