Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Peru in 1936 and educated at university in Lima, where he studied Humanities and Law. Always politically outspoken, from 1976 to 1979 Vargas Llosa served as President of PEN and in 1983 presided over the commission which investigated the deaths of eight journalists killed during the Belaunde Government's campaign against the Maoist guerrilla movement. Having once declined the Prime Ministership of Peru in 1984, he was a candidate in the 1990 Presidential elections.
Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. Peru's foremost writer, he has been awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor, and the Jerusalem Prize. His many works include The Feast of the Goat, The Bad Girl, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The War of the End of the World, and The Storyteller. He lives in London.
Books by Mario Vargas Llosa
Harsh Times
Published: November 2021
The new novel from the Nobel Prize-winning master of fiction - the true story of Guatemala's political turmoil of the 1950s.
The Neighborhood
Published: June 2019
From the Nobel Laureate, Latin America's greatest living writer, comes a thrilling detective story that explores the seedy underbelly of Peruvian privilege.
The Neighborhood
Published: March 2018
A thrilling tale of desire and Peruvian corruption from the world-renowned Nobel Laureate.
The Neighborhood
Published: March 2018
A thrilling tale of desire and Peruvian corruption from the world-renowned Nobel Laureate.
The Discreet Hero
Published: March 2016
A novel about love and betrayal, a younger generation that can no longer tell the difference between reality and desire, and the destructive effects of media fantasies.
Notes on the Death of Culture
Published: August 2015
The new essay collection by the Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian novelist and social critic.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Published: June 2015
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The Discreet Hero
Published: April 2015
A novel about love and betrayal, a younger generation that can no longer tell the difference between reality and desire, and the destructive effects of media fantasies.
The Dream of the Celt
Published: July 2013
A subtle and enlightening novel about a neglected human rights pioneer by the Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Published: August 2012
A newly repackaged edition of a classic Vargas Llosa novel.
The Feast of the Goat
Published: August 2012
A vivid exploration of power and violence, The Feast of the Goat is one of Vargas Llosa's most acclaimed novels.
The War of the End of the World
Published: August 2012
A classic Vargas Llosa novel, based on real events in Brazilian history.
The Bad Girl
Published: October 2008
A gripping and poignant novel about a mysterious romance from one of Latin America's greatest writers.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Published: April 2006
Reality merges with fantasy in this hilarious comic novel about the world of radio soap operas and the pitfalls of forbidden passion
The Time of the Hero
Published: July 2005
Acclaimed by critics around the world as one of the outstanding Spanish novels of recent decades.
The Cubs and Other Stories
Published: July 2005
The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
Published: July 2005
A funny, sexy, disquieting and compelling novel that is one of Vargas Llosa's finest works.
Way to Paradise
Published: July 2005
Vargas Llosa makes stunning art of Paul Gauguin and Flora Tristan's unlikely lives, chronicling their obstinate pursuit of greatness in the face of adventure, illness and death.
Death in the Andes
Published: July 2005
Part-detective novel and part political allegory,a work of broad sweep, powerful narrative drive, and keen insight into Peru, one of Latin America's most fascinating and complex countries.
Conversation in the Cathedral
Published: August 1993
Through the doors of the Cathedral, a bar and brothel in Lima, come the participants in this novel.
