A Nobel Prize winner's captivating novel of reality, fantasy, and sensuality
Set in Lima, Notebooks of Don Rigoberto tells a love story whose participants may be the fictional characters of Don Rigoberto himself. With his signature wit and playfulness, Mario Vargas Llosa masterfully blurs the lines between reality and imagination, crafting a novel that is at once sexy, humorous, thought-provoking, and utterly engrossing.
Vargas Llosa, a Nobel laureate and one of the most celebrated Latin American authors, showcases his storytelling prowess in this philosophical exploration of love, desire, and the nature of fiction. Through the intertwining narratives of Don Rigoberto and his creations, readers are drawn into a world where the boundaries between fact and fantasy dissolve, leaving them to question the very essence of reality.
A testament to the power of literature, Notebooks of Don Rigoberto is a must-read for fans of Latin American literature, contemporary fiction, and anyone who appreciates a brilliantly crafted tale that challenges the mind and stirs the senses.
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978-1-4299-0064-5 (9781429900645)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Peru in 1936. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." He also won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor. His many works of fiction and nonfiction include The Feast of the Goat, In Praise of the Stepmother, and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, all published by FSG. He died in Lima at age 89 in 2025.
