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When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them. Despite visiting plagues of laughing fits and giant cats upon the troops, the villagers know that to escape the cruel and unusual tortures planned for them, they must run. Thus they plan to head for the mountains and start a new and convivial civilization. "The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts is the first novel in a trilogy set in South America. It won a Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1991.
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The war of Don Emmanuel's nether parts, Louis de Bernieres
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- Année de publication
- 1998
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Louis de Bernieres
- Éditeur
- Vintage
- Publié
- 1998
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 375
- ISBN10
- 0749391308
- ISBN13
- 9780749391300
- Séries
- Trilogie Sud-Américaine
- Recueil
- Fiction (Vintage)
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Fantasy, Romans historiques, Humour, Littérature contemporaine, Amour, Prose de guerre, Guerres, Littérature britannique, Violence, Réalisme magique, Pauvreté, Littérature hispano-américaine, Corruption, Amérique du Sud, Humour Noir, Ironie, Amérique Latine
- Première publication
- 1990
- Titre original
- The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
- Évaluation
- 4,05 sur 5
- Description
- When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them. Despite visiting plagues of laughing fits and giant cats upon the troops, the villagers know that to escape the cruel and unusual tortures planned for them, they must run. Thus they plan to head for the mountains and start a new and convivial civilization. "The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts is the first novel in a trilogy set in South America. It won a Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1991.