{"product_id":"talking-books-with-mario-vargas-llosa-a-retrospective-hardback-9781496220257","title":"Talking Books with Mario Vargas Llosa; A Retrospective (Hardback) 9781496220257","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTalking Books with Mario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Retrospective\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaquel Chang-Rodríguez (Edited by), Carlos Riobó (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496220257\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 August 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages, 15 photographs, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.532 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"I am personally grateful for the work of Mario Vargas Llosa, which has deeply challenged and transformed my view of myself and the world. This exceptional volume has helped me to see the impact of the Nobel Laureate's writing and life experiences with even greater clarity and appreciation.\"-David P. Wiseman, \u003ci\u003eHispania\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"We \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e need really innovative books on Mario Vargas Llosa’s prose, and this one could be a standard. . . . Professors Chang-RodrÍguez and RiobÓ adeptly gather essays presented originally as lectures for the Mario Vargas Llosa Chair at the City University of New York, complemented here by thematic readings of some of his novels, conversations with the writer, and a couple of his articles.\"-Will H. Corral, \u003ci\u003eReview: Literature and Arts of the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This book allows us to see Mario Vargas Llosa from a personal perspective that is nonetheless political. . . . As we study again his uses of time and space, literary techniques, original characterizations, and embedded political metaphors about the world we inhabit, we confirm that Vargas Llosa has created a literary universe of his own that resists labels and continues to evolve.”-Oswaldo Estrada, author of \u003ci\u003eTroubled Memories: Iconic Mexican Women and the Traps of Representation\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe essays included in \u003ci\u003eTalking Books with Mario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/i\u003e celebrate Mario Vargas Llosa’s visits to the City College of New York, the creation of the CÁtedra Vargas Llosa in his honor, and the interests of the Peruvian author in reading and books. This volume contains previously unpublished material by Vargas Llosa himself, as well as by novelists and literary critics associated with the CÁtedra.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This collection offers readers an opportunity to learn about Vargas Llosa’s body of work through multiple perspectives: his own and those of eminent fiction writers and important literary critics. The book offers significant analysis and rich conversation that bring to life many of the Nobel Laureate’s characters and provide insights into his writing process and imagination. As the last surviving member of the original group of writers of the Latin American Boom-which included Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Julio CortÁzar-Vargas Llosa endures as a literary icon because his fiction has remained fresh and innovative. His prolific works span many different themes and subgenres.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A combination of literary analyses and anecdotal contributions in this volume reveal the little-known human and intellectual dimensions of Vargas Llosa the writer and Vargas Llosa the man.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599905026328,"sku":"9781496220257","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/talking-books-with-mario-vargas-llosa-a-retrospective-hardback-9781496220257","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}