Following the ailing general from his return to his homeland after eighteen years of exile to his death scarcely a year later, Tomas Eloy Martinez has created a novel whose fantasy only heightens its humanity. For in The Peron Novel the mask of history is lifted to reveal a tragically hollow man who was born a follower until the moment he found himself transformed into a leader. The result is a tour de force, the most audacious and compelling meditation on absolute power since Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The Autumn of the Patriarch.
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Following the ailing general from his return to his homeland after eighteen years of exile to his death scarcely a year later, Tomas Eloy Martinez has created a novel whose fantasy only heightens its humanity. For in The Peron Novel the mask of history is lifted to reveal a tragically hollow man who was born a follower until the moment he found himself transformed into a leader. The result is a tour de force, the most audacious and compelling meditation on absolute power since Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The Autumn of the Patriarch.
Imprint | Vintage Books |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | December 1998 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | December 1998 |
Authors | Tomas Eloy Martinez |
Dimensions | 210 x 133 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 435 |
Edition | 1st Vintage International ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-679-76801-2 |
Barcode | 9780679768012 |
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LSN | 0-679-76801-7 |