Green House

Mario Vargas Llosas classic early novel takes place in a Peruvian town situated between desert and jungle which is torn by boredom and lust. Don Anselmo a stranger in a black coat builds a brothel on the outskirts of the town while he charms its innocent people setting in motion a chain reaction with extraordinary consequences. This brothel called the Green House brings together the innocent and the corrupt Bonificia a young Indian girl saved by the nuns only to become a prostitute Father Garcia struggling for the church and four best friends drawn to both excitement and escape. The conflicting forces that haunt the Green House evoke a world balanced between savagery and civilization and one that is cursed by not being able to discern between the two.