Mario Vargas Llosa ; translated by Edith Grossman.
London :
Faber,
2003.
480 pages ;
20 cm
Originally published: 2002.
Urania returns to Santo Domingo to face her father, Senator Cabral. When she was only 14, he sent her to the tyrannical dictator Leonidas Trujillo to gain favour, knowing she'd be abused. A 30-year rule of fear is due to end with a conspiracy.
Fathers and daughters-- Dominican Republic, Fiction.