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
Barcelona: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 287p., wrps. For one semester, Mario Vargas Llosa and Rubén Gallo taught a course on literature and politics. Both talked with students about the theory of the novel, and about literature's relationship with journalism and politics, using five works by..... More
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
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
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
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
Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, (Col. Argumentos; 471), 2014. 1st ed. Paperback. 92p., h.c. Prologue by Renato Poma. More