Mario Vargas Llosa on <em>Retrospective</em>, a Novel of Never-Ending War That Resists Easy Answers

Mario Vargas Llosa on Retrospective, a Novel of Never-Ending War That Resists Easy Answers

“It is the job of readers whose sensitivity is awakened by what is imagined there to know how to respond.”

By Mario Vargas Llosa | September 23, 2022

All Things Are Possible: Mario Vargas Llosa on the Eternal Youth of Flaubert’s Writing

All Things Are Possible: Mario Vargas Llosa on the Eternal Youth of Flaubert’s Writing

"If we are to be honest, the true creator of the modern novel was Flaubert."

By Mario Vargas Llosa | August 29, 2022

City of Exiles: When Mario Vargas Llosa Met Julio Cortázar in Paris

City of Exiles: When Mario Vargas Llosa Met Julio Cortázar in Paris

What It Meant to Be a Mid-Century Latin American Writer in Paris

By Mario Vargas Llosa | March 1, 2018

Mario Vargas Llosa: How Global Entertainment Killed Culture

Mario Vargas Llosa: How Global Entertainment Killed Culture

From Eliot to Steiner, Debord to Martel, Some Ideas on the Death of Meaning

By Mario Vargas Llosa | September 6, 2016

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