His most recent book, The Temptation of the Impossible: Victor Hugo y Les Miserables (Alfaguara, Madrid, 2004), is a brilliant study of Les Miserables, from the point of view of a writer who truly knows his craft. His novelistic oeuvre is evenly masterful, accompanied by a notable body of essays, chronicles, and dramatic works. Mario Vargas Llosa is perhaps the most talented contemporary Latin American novelist, and many of his novels are now classics.Įvery one of his novels or other writings is a discovery he never repeats himself. This summer I had the good fortune to meet with him in his house overlooking the sea in Barranco (Lima), where we spoke for a while by the azure sea of the Lima coast.
Mario Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, Peru, 1936) spends part of every year in Lima, Madrid, Paris, and London.
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