Mario Vargas Llosa

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born

in Arequipa, Peru

March 28, 1936

gender

male

website

http://www.mvargasllosa.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction

influences

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Mario Vargas Llosa, born in Peru in 1936, is the author of some of the most significant writing to come out of South America in the past fifty years. His novels include The Green House, about a brothel in a Peruvian town that brings together the innocent and the corrupt; The Feast of the Goat, a vivid re-creation of the Dominican Republic during the final days of General Rafael Trujillo’s insidious regime; and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, a comedic semi-autobiographical account of an aspiring writer named Marito Varguitas, who falls in love with Julia, the divorced sister-in-law of his Uncle Lucho.

He is also a widely read and respected essayist, writing everything from newspaper opinion pieces to critical works on other writers, includ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 45,788 ratings · 3,709 reviews · 138 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Feast Of The Goat 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 6,621 ratings — published 2000 — 72 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 5,738 ratings — published 1977 — 78 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travesuras de la niña mala 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 7,034 ratings — published 2006 — 77 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La ciudad y los perros 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 4,412 ratings — published 1962 — 66 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War of the End of the World 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 2,527 ratings — published 1981 — 60 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pantaleón y las visitadoras 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 2,380 ratings — published 1973 — 47 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa, Gregory Rabassa (Translator) 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 1,801 ratings — published 1969 — 43 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman (Translator) 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 1,920 ratings — published 1993 — 48 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa, Helen Lane (Translator) 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,459 ratings — published 1987 — 41 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Praise of the Stepmother 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 1,798 ratings — published 1988 — 47 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa

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“Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa

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“One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

tags: romance

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A poll for the next readings from PERU. The illustration depicts a view of Machu Picchu.

The Green House. Mario Vargas Llosa

2 votes, 22.2%

Red April: A Novel. Santiago Roncagliolo

2 votes, 22.2%

The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition. César Vallejo

1 vote, 11.1%

Only Mario Vargas Llosa's novels

1 vote, 11.1%

The whole list

1 vote, 11.1%

The Feast of the Goat. Mario Vargas Llosa

1 vote, 11.1%

The War of the End of the World. Mario Vargas Llosa (write-in)

1 vote, 11.1%

Peruvian Traditions. Ricardo Palma

0 votes, 0.0%

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. Mario Vargas Llosa

0 votes, 0.0%

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