Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Reality and rebellion: An overview of Mario Vargas Llosa’s literary themes
- 2 The early novels: The Time of the Hero and The Green House
- 3 The total novel and the novella: Conversation in The Cathedral and The Cubs
- 4 Humour and irony: Captain Pantoja and the Special Service and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
- 5 The historical novel: The War of the End of the World
- 6 Innocence and corruption: Who Killed Palomino Molero? and The Storyteller
- 7 The political novels: The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta and Death in the Andes
- 8 The erotic novels: In Praise of the Stepmother and The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
- 9 The dictator novel: The Feast of the Goat
- 10 From utopia to reconciliation: The Way to Paradise, The Bad Girl and The Dream of the Celt
- 11 The essays
- 12 The memoir: A Fish in the Water
- 13 The plays
- 14 Film and the novels
- 15 An interview
- Further reading
- General index
- Index of selected fictional characters
- Index of selected works by Vargas Llosa
Index of selected works by Vargas Llosa
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 January 2012
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Reality and rebellion: An overview of Mario Vargas Llosa’s literary themes
- 2 The early novels: The Time of the Hero and The Green House
- 3 The total novel and the novella: Conversation in The Cathedral and The Cubs
- 4 Humour and irony: Captain Pantoja and the Special Service and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
- 5 The historical novel: The War of the End of the World
- 6 Innocence and corruption: Who Killed Palomino Molero? and The Storyteller
- 7 The political novels: The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta and Death in the Andes
- 8 The erotic novels: In Praise of the Stepmother and The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
- 9 The dictator novel: The Feast of the Goat
- 10 From utopia to reconciliation: The Way to Paradise, The Bad Girl and The Dream of the Celt
- 11 The essays
- 12 The memoir: A Fish in the Water
- 13 The plays
- 14 Film and the novels
- 15 An interview
- Further reading
- General index
- Index of selected fictional characters
- Index of selected works by Vargas Llosa
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011