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Spare, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 309
- Publisher
- Picador
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780312428556
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Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, 28 de marzo de 1936-Lima, 13 de abril de 2025), conocido como Mario Vargas Llosa, fue un escritor peruano con nacionalidad española desde 1993 y nacionalidad dominicana desde junio de 2022. Considerado uno de los más importantes novelistas y ensayistas contemporáneos, sus obras cosecharon numerosos premios, entre los que destacan el Nobel de Literatura 2010, el Cervantes 1994 —considerado como el más importante en lengua española—, el Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras 1986, el Biblioteca Breve 1962, el Rómulo Gallegos 1967 y el Planeta 1993, entre otros. Como escritor, alcanzó la fama en la década de 1960 con novelas como *La ciudad y los perros* (1
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