num_pages: 586
description: In nineteenth-century Brazil, just after the establishment of the Republic, an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, establishes another republic of prostitutes, bandits, and beggars, who reject every aspect of the modern state
language: English
title: The War of the End of the World
titlecomplete: The War of the End of the World
genres: Fiction, Brazil, War, Latin American, Spanish Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 10708
places: Canudos
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Prose for Helen R. Lane
publisher: Avon Books