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El fuego de la imaginación: Libros, escenarios, pantallas y museos (Obra periodística Vargas Llosa I): Obra periodística I
LA CULTURA, PROTAGONISTA DEL PRIMER VOLUMEN DE LA OBRA PERIODÍSTICA DEL PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA MARIO VARGAS LLOSA «No hay cultura genuina sin pluralidad de ideas y sin crítica» Durante más de sesenta años, Mario Vargas Llosa ha desarrollado una intensa labor como articulista. Para él, los textos publicados en medios escritos de todo el mundo son una especie de autobiografía intelectual, literaria y política que ha ido levantando al ritmo de la actualidad de cada momento. Con este volumen dedicado a la cultura, Alfaguara da comienzo a la publicación de la obra periodística del premio Nobel peruano, y lo hace siguiendo una estructura temática, lo que permite al lector descubrir en profundidad el ideario del autor a través del tiempo en cada una de las materias. «Éstas son las reflexiones maduradas a lo largo de una vida dedicada a la lectura de novelas, a la contemplación del arte, del teatro y del cine. No sólo el testimonio entusiasta de intensas horas de placer o de digestiones felices después de haber leído o visto los frutos de la fantasía. También es una aproximación comprensiva a la condición humana, a su mundo subjetivo ―sus valores, conflictos, deseos, anhelos y preocupaciones― y a la manera en que han dejado su huella en la historia. No sé si el futuro se pueda leer en la palma de la mano, en los posos de café o en los arcanos del tarot. El presente, en cambio, y de esto no tengo dudas, se puede intuir en el fuego de la imaginación. Y ni siquiera hace falta ser un mago o tener poderes para ello. Basta ―y este volumen lo demuestra― con ser un lector y un espectador apasionado y crítico». Del prólogo de Carlos Granés La crítica ha «Un libro excepcional [...] que denota su generosidad de lector, su manera de ver venir a los nuevos y a los novísimos, sin desdeñar a los viejísimos y a los olvidados, con una pasión que no conoce fronteras. [...] Un saludable himno a la libertad de leer».
Juan Cruz, La Provincia
«Cuatrocientas páginas de espectáculo crítico que, a un tiempo, hilvanan una biografía de lector [...] piezas magistrales de una crítica inflamada de pasión literaria, tan lejos de una improbable objetividad valorativa como del mero impresionismo».
Domingo Ródenas de Moya, Babelia «Lúcidos comentarios sobre libros, cine, teatro y arte. [...] Vargas Llosa reivindica la ficción, que no es ni mucho menos un mero entretenimiento, [y demuestra que] no es exclusivamente un soberbio novelista. También es, como podemos comprobar aquí, un magnífico crítico».
Adrián Sanmartín, El Imparcial «En esta crónica general del fuego de su imaginación como visitante de obras ajenas sobresale una personalidad generosa que quiere ver en lo que escribeno crean otros la misma pasión que a él lo la literatura. El fuego de la literatura».
Juan Cruz, Faro de Vigo «La escritura de Mario Vargas Llosa ha dado forma a nuestra imagen de Sudamérica y tiene su propio capítulo en la historia de la literatura contemporánea. En sus primeros años, fue un renovador de la novela, hoy, un poeta épico.»
Per Wästberg, presidente del Comité Nobel «Sus libros contienen la más compleja, apasionada y persuasiva visión de la novela y del oficio de novelista de la que tengo noticia; también contienen el mejor estímulo que un novelista puede encontrar para escribir, un estímulo solo inferior al que contienen las propias novelas de Vargas Llosa.»
Javier Cercas, El País
Juan Cruz, La Provincia
«Cuatrocientas páginas de espectáculo crítico que, a un tiempo, hilvanan una biografía de lector [...] piezas magistrales de una crítica inflamada de pasión literaria, tan lejos de una improbable objetividad valorativa como del mero impresionismo».
Domingo Ródenas de Moya, Babelia «Lúcidos comentarios sobre libros, cine, teatro y arte. [...] Vargas Llosa reivindica la ficción, que no es ni mucho menos un mero entretenimiento, [y demuestra que] no es exclusivamente un soberbio novelista. También es, como podemos comprobar aquí, un magnífico crítico».
Adrián Sanmartín, El Imparcial «En esta crónica general del fuego de su imaginación como visitante de obras ajenas sobresale una personalidad generosa que quiere ver en lo que escribeno crean otros la misma pasión que a él lo la literatura. El fuego de la literatura».
Juan Cruz, Faro de Vigo «La escritura de Mario Vargas Llosa ha dado forma a nuestra imagen de Sudamérica y tiene su propio capítulo en la historia de la literatura contemporánea. En sus primeros años, fue un renovador de la novela, hoy, un poeta épico.»
Per Wästberg, presidente del Comité Nobel «Sus libros contienen la más compleja, apasionada y persuasiva visión de la novela y del oficio de novelista de la que tengo noticia; también contienen el mejor estímulo que un novelista puede encontrar para escribir, un estímulo solo inferior al que contienen las propias novelas de Vargas Llosa.»
Javier Cercas, El País
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Mario Vargas Llosa
538 books9,387 followersJorge 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.
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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December 8, 2025
În 13 aprilie 2025 murea ultimul reprezentant al Boom-ului sud-american, Mario Vargas Llosa, un autor prolific cunoscut publicului românesc în special pentru romanele care l-au consacrat: Orașul și câinii (1963), Casa verde (1966), Conversație la catedrală (1969) sau Războiul sfârșitului lumii (1981), dar și prin titluri care i-au sporit notorietatea și controversele din jurul său ca Mătușa Julia și condeierul (1977), Elogiul mamei vitrege (1988) sau Rătăcirile fetei nesăbuite (2006). Vestea morții lui am primit-o cu tristețe, gândindu-mă că nu voi mai citi nimic nou care să îi poarte semnătura, mai apoi m-a cuprins o oarecare milă, privind imaginile cu el din ultima perioadă care îl arătau ca pe un bătrânel sprijinit în baston, dezorientat, împuținat, fragil, incapabil să se apere de paparazii dornici să mai smulgă o părticică din el. Însă, târgul de carte Gaudeamus 2025 și editura Humanitas fiction mi-au adus o bucurie neașteptată și anume publicarea primului volum, din cele trei, din opera jurnalistică a autorului peruan: Focul imaginației.
Volumul reunește articole, eseuri și reportaje ordonate tematic pe două secțiuni: Arta ficțiunii: dezbateri și aproximări, unde este discutată tema literaturii și importanță ei, și Cărți și scriitori, unde se regăsesc recenzii ale unor cărți, reportaje despre întâlniri cu diverși scriitori, dar și portrete ale acestora, unele dintre ele adevărate reverențe și elogii în fața unor clasici ca Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Ernest Hemingway sau exponenți ai Boom-ului ca Jorge Luis Borges, Jorge Edwards, José Donoso sau Jorge Amado.
Volumul ni-l arată pe Vargas Llosa nu doar ca pe un bun cititor, de fapt un excelent cititor, ci un fin analist și etern îndrăgostit de literatură, care nu se teme să vorbească și de aspectele controversate ale idolilor lui. Mai mult, în acest volum Vargas Llosa ni se dezvăluie în mai multe ipostaze: cel de istoric literar care vorbește din interiorul fenomenului, analizând la cald, dar cu un ochi critic, volumele care vor face istorie ca Paradiso de Jose Lezema Lima, sau Un veac de singurătate a lui Gabriel García Márquez sau operele unor autori ca Alain Robbe-Grillet sau Nathalie Sarraute, un nostalgic făcând portretul retroactiv al unor prieteni sud-americani (Julio Cortázar sau Jose Donoso), de asemenea putem vedea evoluția politică a Americii latine din anii 60-90 care au constanta schimbărilor regimurilor politice autoritare sau dictatoriale, și nu în ultimul rând putem vedea schimbarea viziunilor politice ale autorului de la stânga în decădere 6-8 ale secolului trecut la liberalism în cea de-a doua parte a vieții sale. Se poate vedea schimbarea de ton ușor impersonal, oarecum obiectiv în primele articolele într-unul plin de generozitate, în articolele din urmă, pentru cărțile recente și pentru autorii tineri.
O carte dedicată literaturii și credinței în literatură.
Volumul reunește articole, eseuri și reportaje ordonate tematic pe două secțiuni: Arta ficțiunii: dezbateri și aproximări, unde este discutată tema literaturii și importanță ei, și Cărți și scriitori, unde se regăsesc recenzii ale unor cărți, reportaje despre întâlniri cu diverși scriitori, dar și portrete ale acestora, unele dintre ele adevărate reverențe și elogii în fața unor clasici ca Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Ernest Hemingway sau exponenți ai Boom-ului ca Jorge Luis Borges, Jorge Edwards, José Donoso sau Jorge Amado.
Volumul ni-l arată pe Vargas Llosa nu doar ca pe un bun cititor, de fapt un excelent cititor, ci un fin analist și etern îndrăgostit de literatură, care nu se teme să vorbească și de aspectele controversate ale idolilor lui. Mai mult, în acest volum Vargas Llosa ni se dezvăluie în mai multe ipostaze: cel de istoric literar care vorbește din interiorul fenomenului, analizând la cald, dar cu un ochi critic, volumele care vor face istorie ca Paradiso de Jose Lezema Lima, sau Un veac de singurătate a lui Gabriel García Márquez sau operele unor autori ca Alain Robbe-Grillet sau Nathalie Sarraute, un nostalgic făcând portretul retroactiv al unor prieteni sud-americani (Julio Cortázar sau Jose Donoso), de asemenea putem vedea evoluția politică a Americii latine din anii 60-90 care au constanta schimbărilor regimurilor politice autoritare sau dictatoriale, și nu în ultimul rând putem vedea schimbarea viziunilor politice ale autorului de la stânga în decădere 6-8 ale secolului trecut la liberalism în cea de-a doua parte a vieții sale. Se poate vedea schimbarea de ton ușor impersonal, oarecum obiectiv în primele articolele într-unul plin de generozitate, în articolele din urmă, pentru cărțile recente și pentru autorii tineri.
O carte dedicată literaturii și credinței în literatură.
July 7, 2025
No recuerdo haber tomado tantas notas sobre un libro como en este.
Mario Vargas Llosa vivió el siglo XX como pocos: leyendo de todo, visitando museos, cines y galerías de arte, sin privarse de opinar sobre la realidad que ante sus ojos se estaba haciendo. Mi sección favorita del libro, es sin dudas la de crítica literaria, donde el autor disecciona obras difíciles, que interpretadas desde tantos ángulos arrojan luz sobre sus significados. Su pasión por Neruda, García Marquez, Victor hugo, Sartre y Balzac, no se queda en lo sentido y experimentado por él, consiguiendo transmitir su entusiasmo.
Terminado el libro se siente vértigo por la cantidad y calidad de su conocimiento, con un listado de recomendaciones tan amplio, que abarcando libros, películas y pintores, más vale comenzar pronto, antes que se acabe el tiempo.
Mario Vargas Llosa vivió el siglo XX como pocos: leyendo de todo, visitando museos, cines y galerías de arte, sin privarse de opinar sobre la realidad que ante sus ojos se estaba haciendo. Mi sección favorita del libro, es sin dudas la de crítica literaria, donde el autor disecciona obras difíciles, que interpretadas desde tantos ángulos arrojan luz sobre sus significados. Su pasión por Neruda, García Marquez, Victor hugo, Sartre y Balzac, no se queda en lo sentido y experimentado por él, consiguiendo transmitir su entusiasmo.
Terminado el libro se siente vértigo por la cantidad y calidad de su conocimiento, con un listado de recomendaciones tan amplio, que abarcando libros, películas y pintores, más vale comenzar pronto, antes que se acabe el tiempo.
January 7, 2023
Una cultura general transfinita
El libro es una travesía muy larga, a la que nos invita este explorador incansable, enamorado perdidamente del arte y la cultura. En todo momento y por los varios continentes por los que nos transporta a bordo de su incansable embarcación, las estrellas que nos muestra el navegante-escribidor nos guían en todo momento. Al atracar en el puerto final, me siento exhausto, pero dichoso; me llevo dentro de mi cofre de viaje exquisitas joyas que fui recogiendo en la travesía intelectual; eso sí, me llevará mucho tiempo terminarlas de entender mejor. Gracias Almirante Vargas Llosa! Ha sido un enorme privilegio navegar bajo su mando.
El libro es una travesía muy larga, a la que nos invita este explorador incansable, enamorado perdidamente del arte y la cultura. En todo momento y por los varios continentes por los que nos transporta a bordo de su incansable embarcación, las estrellas que nos muestra el navegante-escribidor nos guían en todo momento. Al atracar en el puerto final, me siento exhausto, pero dichoso; me llevo dentro de mi cofre de viaje exquisitas joyas que fui recogiendo en la travesía intelectual; eso sí, me llevará mucho tiempo terminarlas de entender mejor. Gracias Almirante Vargas Llosa! Ha sido un enorme privilegio navegar bajo su mando.
February 13, 2024
Vargas Llosa en su visión crítica. Uno de los más grandes críticos literarios del siglo XX y más allá. Salvo cuando se pone pesado en cuestiones políticas, un esclarecedor racional del arte. Y libro imprescindible para sus seguidores. Todo lo que vivió, leyó, vio y reflexionó, también explica el enorme origen de sus novelas.
December 27, 2023
Without a doubt Mario Vargas Llosa is a great writer. For me, one of the best. It did come as a shock that the last novel published in November would be his last. I have still to read it but I do have it on my shelf. Then in mid December he announced in his regular El País column, that he is also pulling out of journalism.
Wow, double floored. It happened when I was reading this volume of essays, published in 2022. This is a big book, 785 pages and 148 essays (I counted). It spans 60 years! That in itself is damn amazing.
So what did I think? There are a lot of thinks to consider. First, because is is such a well-known and respected writer. He got started back in the late 1950s and 1960s with the Latin America Boom writers. Actually he is the Boom, knowing personally Gabriel Garcia Marquez, stayed with Julio Cortázar and his wife, and hung out with Carlos Fuentes. So his inside info is really that. Damn good stories! When a book came out for one of the Boom writers, it was worth reading his essay on that person/book.
Second, the man got around, literally. He left Peru, ended up in Paris, London and Madrid, then was a professor in the United States. His first prize was given out in Caracas, then off to Mexico City, Habana and when he returned to Lima, he landed in numerous places in Latin America. He is fluent in French and English on top of his native Spanish. He has amassed a massive collection in books. And won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The collection of essays is divided into numerous sections, beginning with his thoughts on literature itself. These are needed to get a handle on the man and where literature was going when he started. Great essays include La literatura es fuego (Literature is Fire) and El arte de mentir (The Art of Lying). Sounds like his work.
Third, the man is incredibly well-read. That leads to the bulk of the essays and divided into language/regions: Latin American, French, English, Spanish,* and other countries. Then sections on libraries, reading, theatre, movies and finally art. His essays on Cervantes, Flaubert, and Víctor Hugo are truly enlightening. The highlight for me was to read about those many authors I have yet not read, and compiled a list of what to read. I love a book that keeps on giving.
*what, no Javier Marías!
Fourth, it may seem obvious but if you ever read one of his novels, the man can write with incredible style. Often an essay may start with a personal anecdote or some off the cuff remark and before you know it, he ramped it up and is circling in for the “final word.” It is a book of criticism and MVLL doesn’t mince words.
And this can also be his downfall. He can be so damn eloquent in one essay and then so “harsh” in the next. In the art section that I truly enjoyed, he can be so astute on an artist, their styles, their contributions and their lives. A big example is the fine essay on Frida Kalho, “Resistir pintado” (To resist painting). He writes:
“Ella no vivía para pintar, pintaba para vivir y por eso en cada uno de sus cuadros escuchamos su pulso, sus secreciones, sus aullidos y el tumulto sin freno de su corazón.” p. 737
She does not live to paint, she paints to live and because of this in each one of her paintings, we hear her pulse, her secretions, her howls and the tumult with breaking her heart.”
That is the best way to sum up her art. Hands down.
But then, at several shows at the Royal Academy of Arts back in the 1990s, early 2000 he is not impressed with the African artist Chris Ofili with his elephant dung paintings or Damien Horst and his half sharks and diamond studded skull. Shock of the new. Trite? All about money? Amazingly he talks about the French Impressionist painters and their shock of the new. In another essay, he praises Monet who at the time was the richest artist. Its an inconsistency that is too apparent.
But I digress. This is a master collection and its only volume I. It was a treat to read but I am a big fan (and probably read the next volume). Its not for all, but these essays prove how important Vargas Llosa has been for the last half century. I can’t criticize this.
Maybe a last word: “O mundo está para os velhacos.” p. 418 The world is for the rogues. He is one of them.
4.5 stars
Wow, double floored. It happened when I was reading this volume of essays, published in 2022. This is a big book, 785 pages and 148 essays (I counted). It spans 60 years! That in itself is damn amazing.
So what did I think? There are a lot of thinks to consider. First, because is is such a well-known and respected writer. He got started back in the late 1950s and 1960s with the Latin America Boom writers. Actually he is the Boom, knowing personally Gabriel Garcia Marquez, stayed with Julio Cortázar and his wife, and hung out with Carlos Fuentes. So his inside info is really that. Damn good stories! When a book came out for one of the Boom writers, it was worth reading his essay on that person/book.
Second, the man got around, literally. He left Peru, ended up in Paris, London and Madrid, then was a professor in the United States. His first prize was given out in Caracas, then off to Mexico City, Habana and when he returned to Lima, he landed in numerous places in Latin America. He is fluent in French and English on top of his native Spanish. He has amassed a massive collection in books. And won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The collection of essays is divided into numerous sections, beginning with his thoughts on literature itself. These are needed to get a handle on the man and where literature was going when he started. Great essays include La literatura es fuego (Literature is Fire) and El arte de mentir (The Art of Lying). Sounds like his work.
Third, the man is incredibly well-read. That leads to the bulk of the essays and divided into language/regions: Latin American, French, English, Spanish,* and other countries. Then sections on libraries, reading, theatre, movies and finally art. His essays on Cervantes, Flaubert, and Víctor Hugo are truly enlightening. The highlight for me was to read about those many authors I have yet not read, and compiled a list of what to read. I love a book that keeps on giving.
*what, no Javier Marías!
Fourth, it may seem obvious but if you ever read one of his novels, the man can write with incredible style. Often an essay may start with a personal anecdote or some off the cuff remark and before you know it, he ramped it up and is circling in for the “final word.” It is a book of criticism and MVLL doesn’t mince words.
And this can also be his downfall. He can be so damn eloquent in one essay and then so “harsh” in the next. In the art section that I truly enjoyed, he can be so astute on an artist, their styles, their contributions and their lives. A big example is the fine essay on Frida Kalho, “Resistir pintado” (To resist painting). He writes:
“Ella no vivía para pintar, pintaba para vivir y por eso en cada uno de sus cuadros escuchamos su pulso, sus secreciones, sus aullidos y el tumulto sin freno de su corazón.” p. 737
She does not live to paint, she paints to live and because of this in each one of her paintings, we hear her pulse, her secretions, her howls and the tumult with breaking her heart.”
That is the best way to sum up her art. Hands down.
But then, at several shows at the Royal Academy of Arts back in the 1990s, early 2000 he is not impressed with the African artist Chris Ofili with his elephant dung paintings or Damien Horst and his half sharks and diamond studded skull. Shock of the new. Trite? All about money? Amazingly he talks about the French Impressionist painters and their shock of the new. In another essay, he praises Monet who at the time was the richest artist. Its an inconsistency that is too apparent.
But I digress. This is a master collection and its only volume I. It was a treat to read but I am a big fan (and probably read the next volume). Its not for all, but these essays prove how important Vargas Llosa has been for the last half century. I can’t criticize this.
Maybe a last word: “O mundo está para os velhacos.” p. 418 The world is for the rogues. He is one of them.
4.5 stars
January 8, 2024
[Se lo recomiendo…] Larga travesía por el pensamiento de Vargas Llosa, más de setecientas páginas. Este libro reúne un discurso, ensayos y artículos de diversos temas. Me sorprendió que se recopile también sus escritos sobre cine y series de televisión.
No es un libro para iniciar a Vargas Llosa. Yo creo que es para alguien que ha seguido sus novelas y trayectoria. A veces se siente como una conversación, o monólogo, íntimo entre amigos.
Con este autor, siempre se aprende algo nuevo. Una vez más: mi maestro.
No es un libro para iniciar a Vargas Llosa. Yo creo que es para alguien que ha seguido sus novelas y trayectoria. A veces se siente como una conversación, o monólogo, íntimo entre amigos.
Con este autor, siempre se aprende algo nuevo. Una vez más: mi maestro.
December 1, 2025
El Fuego de la Imaginación es el primer tomo de la obra periodística de Mario Vargas Llosa. Tomando prestadas sus propias palabras, diré de él que es un brujo de la palabra, un hechicero consumado.
November 18, 2024
Primer tomo que recoge la vasta obra del maestro Vargas-Llosa. En esta ocasión, se recogen sus escritos relacionados al mundo de la cultura, abordando un grueso de la obra en los escritores y sus historias. El libro no se tiene que leer de manera lineal, pudiendo el lector -a mi opinión- saltarse aquellos escritos que crea no son de su interés, aunque se advierte de que más de alguna sorpresa positiva se puede llevar.
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