Description
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Mario Vargas Llosa's A Fish in the Water is a twofold book: a memoir of one of Latin America's most celebrated witers, beginning with his birth in 1936 in Arequipa, Peru; and the story of his organization of the reform movement which culminated in his bid for the Peruvian presidency in 1990.Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 07/05/2011
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.21d
ISBN13: 9781250005779
ISBN10: 1250005779
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
About the Author
Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Peru in 1936. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." He also won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor. His many works of fiction and nonfiction include The Feast of the Goat, In Praise of the Stepmother, and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, all published by FSG. He died in Lima at age 89 in 2025.
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