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Book SynopsisThis text offers an appraisal of Mario Vargas Llosa's literary and political production. It engages the debate concerning his role in Latin America, the merits and shortcomings of modernist and postmodernist thought, and the differences between neoliberalism and alternative positions.
Trade ReviewAgainst these times of post-modern relativism, Vargas Llosa embodies the need for a master narative, a single view, a whole encompassing truth. But in . . . this book, Braulio Munoz, with Kant and Derrida by his side, looks the man in the eye and the rest is literature—which amounts to a lively, even fascinating reading. -- Julio Ortega, Brown University
An invaluable addition to the literature. * CHOICE *
Munoz's book is undoubtedly a significant contribution to our understanding of the 'psychocultural sediments' hidden in Mario Vargas Llosa's writing. * World Literature Today *
Munoz incorporates much interesting detail and analysis into the work. * British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain *
Munoz has written an important study de-mystifying one of the sacred cows of Euro-Latin American literature while acknowledging his storytelling ability. Munoz's brilliant de-construction of Vargas Llosa's personal confession and self-affirmation and his relocation of the writer as a European-based mestizo is worth the price of the book. -- James Petras, Professor of Sociology, Binghamton University
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 1. On Literature Chapter 4 2. Daemons and the Total Novel Chapter 5 3. On Truthtelling Chapter 6 4. A Writer's Morality Chapter 7 5. Civilization and Barbarism Chapter 8 6. Politics and Literature Chapter 9 7. Writer and Politico Chapter 10 8. History and Freedom Chapter 11 9. Memory Chapter 12 10. The Storyteller Chapter 13 11. Two Foxes of Peru Part 14 Epilogue Part 15 Notes Part 16 Selected Bibliography Part 17 Index Part 18 About the Author
