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Title	:	The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (Latin American Trilogy)
Author	:	Louis de Bernières
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	July 29th 1997 by Vintage (first published 1990)
Categories	:	Fiction. Magical Realism. Humor

The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (Latin American Trilogy) Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

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This is the type of book I really relish: Epic, with myriad POVs &, therefore, too, a plethora of characters: satirical, tragicomic. How can somebody possibly populate this South American Question Mark of a Town? de Bernieres is on the same line as Tolkien and John Kennedy Toole-- his characters are fleshy and complicated. The war is fought at many angles and everybody has a part to play.

Don Emmanuel makes a "Queen-Elizabeth-in-"Shakespeare in Love""-like cameo (Dame Judy Dench... in all her splendor), & yet his name is bestowed upon the title; not Remedios, the Guevaraesque woman, the main revolutionary, nor her fellow guerillas (all of which are underdogs and Suffer, yet constantly fight for freedom as in all the best of narratives). It is not "Dona Costanza's Sexual Awakening". It is not "Holocaust in the Tropics". It has a silly, quirky title, and it is exactly this: a silly, quirky novel. It is also relevant, it is bittersweet, it is complex. It is more than one thinks it is. It would fit perfectly with "Slumdog"... dead serious, yet heartfelt to the nth degree (the atrocious rapes and killings are dispersed among vignettes of intense happiness and the unification of native peoples).

There is also the clever prose, the important pseudo-irrelevancies, the constant flights of fancy. De Bernieres obviously has much fun inventing.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is serious and poignant; this more modern storyteller has a larger sense of humor and takes a less direct approach with symbolism; the population of the little besieged town is all of a sudden plagued with cats: the townspeople care about them and integrate them into their rural lives. The cats then become panthers... though there is an obvious exodus, there is, too, a return to a mother land. Oh yes- & according to the Santa figure that is the jolly Don Emmanuel, a cure for the war is... yes, sex. How more simple can it get in its complexity?

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Original Title:	The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
ISBN:	0375700137 (ISBN13: 9780375700132)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Latin American Trilogy
Setting:	South America
Literary Awards:	Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in South Asia and Europe (1991)

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This is the first of de Bernieres' Latin American trilogy, set in a fictional South American country, heavily resembling Colombia (but with elements from many other Latin American countries as well). The plot follows multiple story lines and protagonists, including several villagers in the town of Chiriguaná, who are terrorized by corrupt militia, and the selfishness of the local landowners, and eventually decide to fight back. Other parts of the story show the terrible corruption of the

Its a masterpiece. A hullabaloo (which somehow succeeds to make sense) of all the highlights of Latin America, its forests, its magic, its corruption, its revolution, its heat, its way of life, its passionate people and all of its energy - all merged into this fictitious country which Bernieres creates.

This is the first of Louis de Bernières Latin American Trilogy and his debut novel. Although I was drawn in from the beginning, it seemed at first that the story was too fragmented. There are a lot of characters making up several groups of characters, each having its own plot line. I was inclined to want more of the one with Don Emmanuel and his nether parts, much of which was laugh out loud funny. But this novel is also described as tragicomic. In fact, one of the plot lines is particularly

I guess the comparisons to Gabriel Garcia Marquez are inevitable, but come on, you could do much worse than be compared to THAT icon. And tho I absolutely adore Garcia Marquez, de Bernieres is more accessible and injects more humor in his amazing creations. If I could exist in any fictional world created by an author, it would be in this town. I cannot recommend this book, and the rest of his trilogy enough. Brilliant, hilarious, brutal, and vulgar. I am in love.

Bernieres is one of my favourite authors - he has written two of my favourite books of all time - Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Birds Without Wings. There is no one better suited for the epic historical novel, capable of writing in a heartfelt manner about everyday people faced with circumstances and events outside of their control threatening to uproot their life.In Captain Corelli's Mandolin, his focus was on a small Grecian town during the Second World War while in Birds Without Wings he

Beautiful story made up of many little stories. Loved reading it, especially when the many short stories came together and added to the already dense narrative. While at heart it was a war story, this particular book shines as an example of magical realism, carrying with it the people of an imagined country, making you either love them or hate them, leaving you weeping or cheering at their various exploits. Parts of the book were also highly relatable, with Kenya going through the same

What can I say? This book is great. Louis de Bernieres really gets Latin America. I mean, any author can write about how tragic it is to live in a contemporary Latin American country (amid crushing poverty, constant unrest, military rule, etc). What de Bernieres recognizes is that everyday life in Latin America is also totally hilarious. This book empathizes with people in tragic circumstances by laughing at them. And, just as important, laughing with them and having them laugh at the reader. No