Vargas Llosa, Mario (Vol. 3) | Vargas Llosa, Mario 1936–
Vargas Llosa, Mario 1936–
Born in Arequipa, Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most respected novelists. His best known work is La Casa Verde.
It was obvious from the beginning that [Vargas Llosa] was a man with a big natural talent and the dedication to go with it. Here was someone who knew what he was doing and had the means to do it. He seemed to have been born with a golden touch. He had ease, power, self-assurance. Recognition had come to him quickly, but he had earned it honestly and could live up to its demands. There is a second novel now [La Casa Verde], bigger and better than the first [La Cuidad y los Perros]. It is a fiery tone poem in chromatic scale that scores on almost every level, raising the Latin-American novel to a new peak…. He represents a coming of age, a widening of perspectives. He writes about Peru, but his work has a satisfying complexity that gives it a more universal relevance….
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