The war of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts /
Bernières , Louis de 1954 -
The war of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts / Louis de Bernières - First edition - Gran Bretaña : Minerva Paperback ; 1996 - 375 páginas : 20 cm - Latin American Trilogy 1 .
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 sever 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 civilisation.
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.
9780749391300
Guerrillas--Parodias--Colombia--Novela
Novela social
Realismo mágico--Novela
In.823.914 / B37b
The war of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts / Louis de Bernières - First edition - Gran Bretaña : Minerva Paperback ; 1996 - 375 páginas : 20 cm - Latin American Trilogy 1 .
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 sever 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 civilisation.
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.
9780749391300
Guerrillas--Parodias--Colombia--Novela
Novela social
Realismo mágico--Novela
In.823.914 / B37b
