"A fascinating window, not only into Vargas Llosa's biography and break with Marxism, but also into the way in which literary fiction, given its moral, emotional, and psychological insights, can bring more truth to history than any mere recital of the facts." –David Mehegan, Arts Fuse
"An indispensable volume for fans of Vargas Llosa, Latin American literature, and the art of great writing." –
Kirkus Reviews "The Nobel laureate reveals a sharp intellect that seems most comfortable in the liminal spaces between the contrasting environments of fiction and journalism, Europe and South America, politics and poetics." –Brendan Driscoll,
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