{"product_id":"pantaleon-y-las-visitadoras","title":"Pantaleón y las visitadoras","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this novel, Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa underscores the eternal debate between truth and lies, between necessity and virtue, and the pernicious consequences that sometimes arise from the rigorous observance of duty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePantaleón Pantoja, a recently promoted Army captain, is given the mission to establish a prostitution service for the Peruvian Armed Forces in the utmost military secrecy. A strict observer of duty, he moves to Iquitos, deep in the jungle, to carry out his assignment, to which he dedicates himself with such obsession that he ends up endangering the very machinery he himself set in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConceived and assembled with masterful skill, \u003ci\u003ePantaleón y las visitadoras\u003c\/i\u003e represents a turning point in Mario Vargas Llosa's narrative work. The social realism present in his early works gives way to a precise dosage of humor, satire, and irony that immeasurably enrich the development of his peculiar literary universe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e«At first, I tried to tell this story seriously. I discovered it was impossible. It was a liberating experience, which revealed to me the possibilities of playfulness and humor in literature.»\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mario Vargas Llosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43536102621432,"sku":"9788490625651","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/4897\/5608\/products\/P62565A.jpg?v=1671634777","url":"https:\/\/ellector.com.pa\/es\/products\/pantaleon-y-las-visitadoras","provider":"Librerías El Lector Panamá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}