The Green House (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1920-1960
- Setting: Piura and the Amazon jungle in Peru
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1940’s, Prostitution or prostitutes, 1920’s, 1930’s, Native Americans or American Indians, Jungles or rain forests, Rivers or waterways, Amazon, South America or South Americans, Peru or Peruvians, Convents or nunneries
- Locales: Peru
Characters Discussed
Don Anselmo (ahn-SEHL-moh), an imaginative individual, a harpist and founder of the original “Green House” in Piura. Along with several others, Anselmo provides residents of this barrio with a much needed sense of pride and self-esteem. He temporarily fills the community’s need for a positive self-image. In the novel, the rise and fall of Anselmo and the Green House are paralleled. Even though he and the Green House ultimately are defeated, Anselmo attains heroic stature as a result of his courage, perseverance, and capacity for sacrifice.
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