About “Tirano Banderas”

An early twentieth-centry novel of dictatorship set in a mythical Latin American country under the grips of a monstrous leader. This edition is the first English translation of this seminal work since 1929. (Description courtesy of Penguin Random House.)

Praise for “Tirano Banderas”

“Valle-Inclán had the sensitivity to capture the essential quality of life in my unhappy, comic, and beautiful country, and his Tyrant Banderas remains one of the most moving books about Mexico.”

— Diego Rivera

“An erotic, anarchic and Galician poet of the grotesque.”

— Michael Billington, Guardian

“Because dictators have been a staple of Latin history, they’re a staple of the Latin novel. Spaniard Ramon del Valle-Inclán broke ground in 1926 with Tirano Banderas.”

— The Miami Herald

Book details

Latest edition
1938 · ISBN 9781590174982
Pages
250

Frequently asked questions

How many pages is Tirano Banderas?

Tirano Banderas by Ramón del Valle Inclán has 250 pages.

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