A Companion to Mario Vargas Llosa

This Companion offers an overview and assessment of Mario Vargas Llosa's large body of work, tracing his development as a writer and intellectual in his essays, critical studies, journalism, and theatrical works, but above all inhis novels.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Two sides of a vocation: writer and intellectual
Truth and lies: literary theory and criticism
Journalism and essays: from art to politics
Prelude: Los jefes (1959)
Experimenting with form and language: narratives of the 1960s and 1970s
Towards the total novel: La guerra del fin del mundo (1981)
Experimenting with genres: novels of the 1980s and after
Interlude: the demons of literature and politics (El pez en el agua, 1993)
The return of the grand design: La Fiesta del Chivo (2000), El Paraíso en la otra esquina (2003) and El sueño del celta (2010)
Life's Dreams: the Storyteller on Stage
Suggestions for Further Reading
Bibliography
Index

About the author

SABINE KÖLLMANN is an independent academic writer living in London.

Summary

This Companion offers an overview and assessment of Mario Vargas Llosa's large body of work, tracing his development as a writer and intellectual in his essays, critical studies, journalism, and theatrical works, but above all inhis novels.

Product details

• Authors: Sabine Koellmann, Sabine Köllmann
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2014
• EAN: 9781855662698
• ISBN: 978-1-85566-269-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 694 g
• Series: Monograf¡as A; Tamesis Books; Monografias A; Monografías a; Monografas a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies