Green House

<p><strong>Dazzling. . . . An imaginative documentation of nature's sway over man. --<em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p><strong>From the winner of the</strong> <strong>Nobel Prize in Literature an important and passionate novel set in Peru that explores man's struggle with both nature and civilization</strong></p> <p>Vargas Llosa's classic early novel takes place in Puira a Peruvian town situated between desert and jungle and which is torn by boredom and lust. Don Anselmo a stranger in a black coat builds a brothel on the outskirts of the town while he charms its innocent people thus setting of a chain-reaction with extraordinary consequences. </p><p> This brothel called the Green House brings together the innocent and the corrupt: Bonificia a young Indian girl saved by the nuns only to become a prostitute: Father Garcia struggling for the church; and four best friends drawn to both excitement and escape. </p><p> The conflicting forces that haunt the Green House evoke a world balanced between savagery and civilization--and one which is cursed by not being able to discern between the two.</p>