Elogio de la Madrasta by Mario Vargas Llosa

by Mario Vargas Llosa

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About the author

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa, more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa, was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the Spanish language and Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a more substantial international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. In 2010, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".
Vargas Llosa rose to international fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros, 1963/1966), The Green House (La casa verde, 1965/1968), and the monumental Conversation in The Cathedral (Conversación en La Catedral, 1969/1975). He wrote prolifically across various literary genres, including literary criticism and journalism. His novels include comedies, murder mysteries, historical novels, and political thrillers. He won the 1967 Rómulo Gallegos Prize and the 1986 Prince of Asturias Award. Several of his works have been adopted as feature films, such as Captain Pantoja and the Special Service (1973/1978) and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1977/1982). Vargas Llosa's perception of Peruvian society and his experiences as a native Peruvian influenced many of his works. Increasingly, he expanded his range and tackled themes from other parts of the world. In his essays, Vargas Llosa criticized nationalism in different parts of the world.
Like many Latin American writers, Vargas Llosa was politically active. While he initially supported the Cuban revolutionary government of Fidel Castro, Vargas Llosa later became disenchanted with its policies, particularly after the imprisonment of Cuban poet Heberto Padilla in 1971, and later identified as a liberal and held anti-left-wing ideas. He ran for the presidency of Peru in 1990 with the center-right Frente Democrático coalition, advocating for liberal reforms, but lost the election to Alberto Fujimori in a landslide.
Vargas Llosa continued his literary career while advocating for right-wing activists and candidates internationally following his exit from direct participation in Peruvian politics. He was awarded the 1994 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1995 Jerusalem Prize, the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, the 2012 Carlos Fuentes International Prize, and the 2018 Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit. In 2011, Vargas Llosa was made the Marquess of Vargas Llosa by Spanish king Juan Carlos I. In 2021, he was elected to the Académie française.

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[Maria's Rinconcito Oscuro · Rating 4 out of 5]

🤔😳😠🤬 4 🌟

Es una novela corta de tono erótico y psicológico que narra la historia de Lucrecia, una mujer refinada y sensual que se casa con Rigoberto y convive con su hijastro Fonchito. Lo que comienza como un matrimonio feliz se va enredando cuando el comportamiento seductor del niño provoca situaciones perturbadoras. La escritura es poetica y hermoza, mescla entre sus capitulos analisis de obras de arte ya q el esposo en sus desenfrenos sexuales se le desbordada la inmaginacion y lo analitico. Por esto me causo repugnancia, aborda con tanta descripcion ciertos temas q me provocaron asco y ganas de abandonar la novela. Aunque devo admitir q el jiro del final me gusto mucho, y si la recomiendo. La novela explora los límites del deseo, la moral y la hipocresía social, contrastando la apariencia de una familia perfecta con tensiones.

"Nada hay más natural que el deseo, ni más humano que el pecado."

"Los mismos que condenan con más severidad ciertas conductas son, a menudo, los que las practican en secreto con mayor desenfreno."