{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-mario-vargas-llosa-paperback-9780521682855","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Mario Vargas Llosa (Paperback) 9780521682855","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Mario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnalyses Vargas Llosa's career as a writer and as an important cultural and political figure in Latin America and beyond.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEfrain Kristal (Edited by), John King (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521682855, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 15 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.2 cm, 0.4 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'The scope and depth of the essays, only hinted at here, make this book an indispensable source for future studies of Vargas Llosa as a fiction writer and as one of the most important intellectuals of our time.' Malva E. Filer, Literature and Arts of the Americas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOne of the major novelists in world literature over the last five decades, Mario Vargas Llosa (b. 1936) is also one of Latin America's most engaging public intellectuals, a critic of art and culture, and a playwright of distinction. This Companion's chapters chart the development of Vargas Llosa's writings from his rise to prominence in the early 1960s to the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. The volume traces the development of his literary trajectory and the ways in which he has re-invented himself as a writer. His vast output of narrative fiction is the main focus, but the connections between his concerns as a creative writer and his rich career as a cultural and political figure are also teased out in this engaging, informative book.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Efraín Kristal and John King\u003cbr\u003e 1. Reality, rebellion, and the paradox of power: an overview of Mario Vargas Llosa's literary themes Alonso Cueto\u003cbr\u003e 2. The early novels Gerald Martin\u003cbr\u003e 3. The total novel and the novella Efraín Kristal\u003cbr\u003e 4. Humour and irony Michael Wood\u003cbr\u003e 5. The historical novel Juan E. de Castro and Nicholas Birns\u003cbr\u003e 6. Innocence and corruption Fiona Mackintosh\u003cbr\u003e 7. The political novels Deborah Cohn\u003cbr\u003e 8. The erotic novels Roy C. Boland\u003cbr\u003e 9. The dictator novel Clive Griffin\u003cbr\u003e 10. From Utopia to reconciliation Efraín Kristal\u003cbr\u003e 11. The essays John King\u003cbr\u003e 12. The memoir Kelly Austin\u003cbr\u003e 13. The plays Evelyn Fishburn\u003cbr\u003e 14. Film and the novels Carolina Sitnisky\u003cbr\u003e 15. The interview Efraín Kristal and John King with Mario Vargas Llosa\u003cbr\u003e Further reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003693781272,"sku":"9780521682855","price":24.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521682855i_1747d93e-a8f1-45ff-8305-144326bc0ca8.jpg?v=1691379991","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-mario-vargas-llosa-paperback-9780521682855","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}