The Time of the Hero

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The Time of the Hero
Original Title: La ciudad y los perros
Written by: Mario Vargas Llosa
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First published: 1963
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The Time of the Hero (Spanish: La Ciudad y los Perros, translated literally as The City and the Dogs) is a 1963 novel. It was the first novel published by Mario Vargas Llosa. It deals with a group of students in a military school in Lima, Perú; their relationships, their backgrounds, their lives in a school ruled by strict military rules.

The novel is noteworthy for experimenting with multiple perspectives and is required reading in Latin American countries.

Tropes used in The Time of the Hero include: