num_pages: 576
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: Classics, Brazil, Latin American, Nobel Prize, Novels, Spanish Literature, War, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 10708
places: Canudos
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Prose for Helen R. Lane
publisher: Penguin Books