Obra Reunida. Narrativa Breve

by Mario Vargas Llosa

Los relatos más significativos de Mario Vargas Llosa. En los relatos que forman Los jefes aparecen esbozadas todas las características que posteriormente definirían la obra de Mario Vargas Llosa y lo colocarían a la vanguardia de la literatura latinoamericana. Cuando escribió Los cachorros , el escritor peruano era ya dueño de todas sus facultades narrativas, razón por la que el mundo al que da vida es un muestrario de la diversidad de las pasiones personales y colectivas. ¿Quién mató a Palomino Molero? es un retrato de la impotencia de un individuo ante la corrupción de la sociedad en medio de una atmósfera que presenta una realidad alucinante y obsesiva. El hablador es una muestra de la habilidad narrativa de Vargas dos relatos alternados confluyen en una demostración de la existencia de un inconsciente colectivo que hace a los individuos experimentar momentos de ficción que reafirman el significado de la existencia. Elogio de la madrastra es la primera incursión de Mario Vargas Llosa en la literatura erótica. En este magnífico relato la perversidad y la sensualidad, la culpa y el deseo se entreveran hasta dar forma a una d elas piezas más logradas de este género y que más tarde alcanzaría su apoteosis en Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto. Reseñ
«Elogio de la madrastra es la primera incursión de Mario Vargas Llosa en la literatura erótica. En este magnífico relato, la perversidad y la sensualidad, la culpa y el deseo se entreverán hasta dar forma a una de las piezas más logradas de este género y que más tarde alcanzaría su apoteosis en Los cuadernos de Don Rigoberto.»
Imaginariumsland

736 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1999

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.

Reviews

[Sebastian Uribe Díaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Los 5 relatos que se encuentran aqui, abarcan distintas tematicas, disimiles personajes, atrapantes atmosferas pero tienen en comun la maravillosa manera de ser narradas por el Nobel peruano