num_pages: 368
description: This rambunctious first novel by the author of the bestselling Corelli's Mandolin is set in an impoverished, violent, yet ravishingly beautiful country somewhere in South America. When the haughty Dona Constanza decides to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, the consequences are at once tragic, heroic, and outrageously funny.
language: English
title: The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
titlecomplete: The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
genres: 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Literature, Latin American, Fantasy, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 6702
places: South America
series: Latin American Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in South Asia and Europe
publisher: Vintage