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Mario Vargas Llosa has died at 89.

Mario Vargas Llosa has died at 89.

By Emily Temple | April 14, 2025

What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America

What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America

Ariel Dorfman Has Some Recommendations for Culturally Illiterate Presidents and Autocrats

By Ariel Dorfman | May 6, 2024

18 new books to pick up at your local indie.

18 new books to pick up at your local indie.

By Katie Yee | January 17, 2023

19 paperbacks to be grateful for this November.

19 paperbacks to be grateful for this November.

By Katie Yee | November 1, 2022

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“It is the job of readers whose sensitivity is awakened by what is imagined there to know how to respond.”

By Mario Vargas Llosa | September 23, 2022

All Things Are Possible: Mario Vargas Llosa on the Eternal Youth of Flaubert’s Writing

All Things Are Possible: Mario Vargas Llosa on the Eternal Youth of Flaubert’s Writing

"If we are to be honest, the true creator of the modern novel was Flaubert."

By Mario Vargas Llosa | August 29, 2022

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Remember the time Mario Vargas Llosa punched Gabriel García Márquez?

By Walker Caplan | December 8, 2021

Fuccbois, Despots, and Nuns: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | December 2, 2021

11 new books to be grateful for this week.

By Katie Yee | November 23, 2021

Harsh Times

Harsh Times

Mario Vargas Llosa, trans. by Adrian Nathan West

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 23, 2021

20 new books to cozy up to this week.

20 new books to cozy up to this week.

By Katie Yee | November 2, 2021

City of Exiles: When Mario Vargas Llosa Met Julio Cortázar in Paris

City of Exiles: When Mario Vargas Llosa Met Julio Cortázar in Paris

What It Meant to Be a Mid-Century Latin American Writer in Paris

By Mario Vargas Llosa | March 1, 2018

25 Legendary Literary Feuds, Ranked

25 Legendary Literary Feuds, Ranked

Ding Ding Ding: Let the Fight Begin

By Emily Temple | February 16, 2018

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At 50 Years Old, García Márquez's Masterpiece is as Important As Ever

By Veronica Esposito | June 6, 2017

My Improbable, Irrational Mario Vargas Llosa Story

My Improbable, Irrational Mario Vargas Llosa Story

Juan Gabriel Vásquez on a Globe- and Decade-Spanning Coincidence

By Juan Gabriel Vásquez | April 4, 2017

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Jonathan Lee Recommends Stories of the Personal and Political

By Jonathan Lee | February 9, 2017