Description
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Mario Vargas Llosa condenses a lifetime of writing, reading, and thought into an essential manual for aspiring writers. Drawing on the stories and novels of writers from around the globe-Borges, Bierce, C line, Cort zar, Faulkner, Kafka, Robbe-Grillet-he lays bare the inner workings of fiction, all the while urging young novelists not to lose touch with the elemental urge to create. Conversational, eloquent, and effortlessly erudite, this little book is destined to be read and re-read by young writers, old writers, would-be writers, and all those with a stake in the world of letters.Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 06/01/2003
Pages: 146
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780312421724
ISBN10: 0312421729
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Literary Criticism | General
About the Author
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010 for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat. 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.