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Language of Passion : Selected Commentary by Mario Vargas Llosa (2004, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherPicador

ISBN-100312422547

ISBN-139780312422547

eBay Product ID (ePID)30213613

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Book TitleLanguage of Passion : Selected Commentary

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicModern / General, Subjects & Themes / Politics, Essays

IllustratorYes

FeaturesRevised

GenreLiterary Criticism, Literary Collections

AuthorMario Vargas Llosa

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight13.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Reviews"These capsule essays touch on all things human--and divine." -- The Miami Herald "[Vargas Llosa] is a worldly writer in the best sense of the word: intelligent, urbane, well-traveled, well-informed, cosmopolitan, freethinking and free-speaking." -- Los Angeles Times " The Language of Passion gives one faith that real literature can appear anywhere." -- San Francisco Chronicle, "These capsule essays touch on all things human--and divine."-- The Miami Herald "[Vargas Llosa] is a worldly writer in the best sense of the word: intelligent, urbane, well-traveled, well-informed, cosmopolitan, freethinking and free-speaking."-- Los Angeles Times " The Language of Passion gives one faith that real literature can appear anywhere."-- San Francisco Chronicle, "These capsule essays touch on all things human--and divine."--The Miami Herald "[Vargas Llosa] is a worldly writer in the best sense of the word: intelligent, urbane, well-traveled, well-informed, cosmopolitan, freethinking and free-speaking."--Los Angeles Times "The Language of Passion gives one faith that real literature can appear anywhere."--San Francisco Chronicle, [Vargas Llosa] is a worldly writer in the best sense of the word: intelligent, urbane, well-traveled, well-informed, cosmopolitan, freethinking and free-speaking.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal864.64

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentAuthor's Note Touchstone The Lady from Somerset Shadows of Friends The Morality of Cynics Postmodernism and Frivolity Tragicomedy of a Jew God Will Provide Aid for the First World Italy Is Not Bolivia The Death of the Great Writer Trench Town Rock The Prince of Doom Under the Skies of Jerusalem French Identity The Sign of the Cross Ceausescu's House The Joys of Necrophilia The Old Man with the Bunions A Bourgeios Paradise Cassandra's Prophecies The Immigrants The Devil's Advocate A Defense of Sects A Walk through Hebron Seven Years, Seven Days Nudes in a Classical Garden Epitaph for a Library The Hour of the Charlatans Elephant Dung A Maiden Mandela's Island The Other Side of Paradise Painting to Survive The Language of Passion The City of Nests The Unborn Child New Inquisitions The Weaker Sex Predators The Permanent Erection The Lost Battle of Monsieur Monet A Death So Sweet Fataumata's Feet The Suicide of a Nation The Alexandrian The Life and Trials of Elián Pernicious Futility Index

SynopsisWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Internationally acclaimed novelist Mario Vargas Llosa has contributed a biweekly column to Spain's major newspaper, El Pa s, since 1977. In this collection of columns from the 1990s, Vargas Llosa weighs in on the burning questions of the last decade, including the travails of Latin American democracy, the role of religion in civic life, and the future of globalization. But Vargas Llosa's influence is hardly limited to politics. In some of the liveliest critical writing of his career, he makes a pilgrimage to Bob Marley's shrine in Jamaica, celebrates the sexual abandon of Carnaval in Rio, and examines the legacies of Vermeer, Bertolt Brecht, Frida Kahlo, and Octavio Paz, among others., WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Internationally acclaimed novelist Mario Vargas Llosa has contributed a biweekly column to Spain's major newspaper, El País, since 1977. In this collection of columns from the 1990s, Vargas Llosa weighs in on the burning questions of the last decade, including the travails of Latin American democracy, the role of religion in civic life, and the future of globalization. But Vargas Llosa's influence is hardly limited to politics. In some of the liveliest critical writing of his career, he makes a pilgrimage to Bob Marley's shrine in Jamaica, celebrates the sexual abandon of Carnaval in Rio, and examines the legacies of Vermeer, Bertolt Brecht, Frida Kahlo, and Octavio Paz, among others., Internationally acclaimed novelist Mario Vargas Llosa has contributed a biweekly column to Spain's major newspaper, El Pais, since 1977. In this collection of columns from the 1990s, Vargas Llosa weighs in on the burning questions of the last decade, including the travails of Latin American democracy, the role of religion in civic life, and the future of globalization. But Vargas Llosa's influence is hardly limited to politics. In some of the liveliest critical writing of his career, he makes a pilgrimage to Bob Marley's shrine in Jamaica, celebrates the sexual abandon of Carnaval in Rio, and examines the legacies of Vermeer, Bertolt Brecht, Frida Kahlo, and Octavio Paz, among others.

LC Classification NumberPQ8498.32.A65