The Feast of the Goat

The Feast of the Goat - Revolutionary Writing

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Publisher's Synopsis

Urania Cabral, a New York lawyer, returns to the Dominican Republic after a lifelong self-imposed exile. Once she is back in her homeland, the elusive feeling of terror that has overshadowed her whole life suddenly takes shape. Urania's own story alternates with the powerful climax of dictator Rafael Trujillo's reign. In 1961, Trujillo's decadent inner circle (which includes Urania's soon-to-be disgraced father) enjoys the luxuries of privilege while the rest of the nation lives in fear and deprivation. As Trujillo clings to power, a plot to push the Dominican Republic into the future is being formed. But after the murder of its hated dictator, the Goat, is carried out, the Dominican Republic is plunged into the nightmare of a bloody and uncertain aftermath. Now, thirty years later, Urania reveals how her own family was fatally wounded by the forces of history. In The Feast of the Goat Vargas Llosa eloquently explores the effects of power and violence on the lives of both the oppressors and those they victimized.

Book information

ISBN: 9780571258185
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Pub date:
Edition: Reprint
DEWEY: 863.64
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 475
Weight: 388g
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Spine width: 31mm