Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian-Spanish author and Nobel laureate who is one of the most important novelists in the Spanish language. Conversation in the Cathedral and The War of the End of the World are among the masterpieces of 20th-century Latin American fiction.
Works
- Conversation in the CathedralTwo men discuss corruption in Peru through a long conversation in a cathedral
- The War of the End of the WorldEpic narrative of a religious rebellion in nineteenth-century Brazil
- The Feast of the GoatNovel of political power and brutality in a dictator's final days
- Aunt Julia and the ScriptwriterComic romance between an older woman and a young radio soap opera writer
- The Time of the HeroComing-of-age novel set in a brutal military academy in Peru