Miami: Alfaguara, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 313p., wrps. "Cinco Esquinas" tells the story of a world threatened by cynicism, ambition, moral misery and violence, through which Vargas Llosa creates a portrait of Peru in the 1990s. The narrative centers around characters from various social environments affected by the fear caused..... More about Cinco esquinas
Madrid: Alfaguara, Santillana, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. 384p., illus., wrps. "Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto" centers around Rigoberto, an insurance executive during the day and a pornographer at night. He misses his estranged second wife, Lucrecia, whom he separated from after she had a sexual encounter with his son Alfonso..... More about Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto
México: Alfaguara, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2015. 1st ed. Paperback. 249p., b&w and color photos., index, author’s notes. "Los cuentos de la peste" is a drama inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s European classic, "The Decameron", that centers around the themes of desire, love, the power of the imagination and relations..... More about Los cuentos de la peste
Madrid: Alfaguara, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. 326p., wrps. "Pantaleón y las visitadoras" is a novel that centers around Pantaleón Pantoja, a recently promoted army captain with a top-secret mission to establish a prostitution service for the Armed Forces of Peru. Always a loyal soldier, Pantaleón travels to the middle of..... More about Pantaleón y las visitadoras
Madrid: Alfaguara, 2018. Second Reprint. Paperback. 313p., wrps. "La llamada de la tribu" is an intellectual autobiography by Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa. The work is not distinguished by the author’s experiences, but rather by the literature that shaped his way of thinking and seeing the world over the..... More about La llamada de la tribu / The Call of the Tribe
Madrid: Alfaguara, Santillana Ediciones Generales, 2006. Second Edition. Paperback. 375p., wrps. "Travesuras de la niña mala" is a novel about two Lima natives who find their lives comically and tragically intertwined as they cross paths in cities such as London, Paris, Tokyo, and Madrid. Written by award-winning author Mario Vargas..... More about Travesuras de la niña mala
Buenos Aires: Alfaguara, 2005. first edition. Paperback. 223p., notes., wrps. Mario Vargas Llosa delves into the novel Les Miserables from the perspective of the keen reader, the enthusiast, the creator who knows how a great work is built. We thus find the secret mechanisms that moved Victor Hugo's pen to..... More about La tentación de lo imposible; Victor Hugo y Los Miserables
Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, (Col. Argumentos; 471), 2014. 1st ed. Paperback. 92p., h.c. Prologue by Renato Poma. More about La literatura es mi venganza