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Pantaleón y las visitadoras [Spanish] / Mario Vargas Llosa. by Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- Madrid Punto de Lectura, c2007, c1973. Call #: FICTION VAR Subjects Peru. Ejército   Prostitution -- Fiction   Jungles -- Peru -- Fiction   Soldiers -- Fiction   Peru -- Fiction Series Punto de lectura ISBN:  9788466320481 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Pantaleon and the visitors [Spanish] Edition:  [1st Spanish ed.] Description:  246 p. ; 19 cm. Notes:  Includes index Originally published in 1973. Text in Spanish/Texto en español. Summary:  "Pantaleón Pantoja, un capitán del Ejército recientemente ascendido, recibe la misión de establecer un servicio de prostitución para las Fuerzas Armandas del Perú en el más absoluto secreto militar. Estricto cumplidor del deber que le ha sido asignado, Pantaleón se traslada a Iquitos, en plena selva, para IIevar a cabo su cometido, pero se entrega a esta misión con tal obcecación que termina por poner en peligro el engranaje que él mismo ha puesto en movimento, Así arranca Pantaleón y las visitadoras, publicada en 1973 y llevada al cine. Mario Vargas Llosa utiliza esta anécdota para subrayar la hipocresía de las instituciones que se llaman ejemplares en relación con el oficio más viejo del mundo. Con esta novela, que supone un verdadero giro en su obra, el autor revela las posibilidades del juego y del humor en la literatura, enriqueciendo su universo literario." " First Spanish edition. Captain Pantoja and the Special Service (Spanish: Pantaleón y las visitadoras; 1973) is a relatively short comedic novel by acclaimed Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. The story takes place in the Peruvian department of Amazonas, where troops from the Peruvian Army are attended to by prostitutes, referred to euphemistically in the Spanish term visitadora, meaning “visitor”[1] and in juridical terms it means “auditor”, "inspector" or "examiner".[2] According to the author himself, the work is based on facts, as he was able to verify them in 1958 and in 1962 when he travelled to the Peruvian jungle. It deals with Captain Pantoja's (from whom the novel’s title takes its name) astonishing efficiency campaign to provide prostitution services for quelling the sexual desires of the Peruvian army soldiers stationed in what is portrayed as an incredibly aphrodisiacal Amazon jungle."--English description from Wikipedia. Genre:  Spanish fiction. Spanish language materials. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Tantallon Public Library Multilingual Spanish FICTION VAR Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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