The Storyteller (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1950’s to the 1980’s
- Setting: Italy and Peru
- Principal Characters: The Unnamed Narrator, Saúl Zuratas (Mascarita or Mask Face), The Schneils, The Storyteller
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, Native Americans or American Indians, Jews or Jewish life, Storytelling, Italy or Italians, Amazon, South America or South Americans
- Locales: Florence, Italy, Lima, Peru, Amazon, Brazil
Mario Vargas Llosa’s ninth novel, The Storyteller, centers on the mystery of Satil Zuratas, a hideously birthmarked Peruvian Jew who becomes fascinated with a little-known Indian tribe of the upper Amazon. As in many of Vargas Llosa’s novels, a detective story becomes a complex inquiry into a number of wider issues. The ethics and implications of developing the Amazon region are scrutinized, and cultural values and the importance of their articulation through storytelling and novel writing are explored.
As the novel begins, the unnamed narrator, who, like Mario Vargas...
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