num_pages: 472
description: Translated into 30 languages, this is a basic book in contemporary Latin American fiction. Through the brutality prevailing in a military school in Peru, the author attacks military education and an outdated concept of manleness.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: LA CIUDAD Y LOS PERROS - BVLL
titlecomplete: LA CIUDAD Y LOS PERROS - BVLL (Spanish Edition)
characters: "El Boa”, Paulino "El Injerto", "El Rulos”, Brigadier Arróspide, "Pies Dorados", Porfirio Cava "El Serrano", Alberto Fernández “El Poeta”, Ricardo Arana “El Esclavo”, "El Negro" Vallano, Teniente Gamboa, "El Jaguar"
genres: Classics, Latin American Literature, Latin American, Nobel Prize, Novels, Spanish Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 22672
places: Lima
awards: awardedAt: -252432000000
name: Premio Biblioteca Breve, awardedAt: -189360000000
name: Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Castellana
publisher: ALFAGUARA