Temptation of the word : the novels of Mario Vargas Llosa / Efraín Kristal.
Temptation of the word : the novels of Mario Vargas Llosa / Efraín Kristal.
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Publisher
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N863.64/V297.1/8
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 256 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. The Writer's Commitment -- Ch. 2. The Novels of the 1960s -- Ch. 3. The Transition -- Ch. 4. Against Wind and Tide -- Ch. 5. The Novels of the 1980s.
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Publisher
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1999.
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Place of Publication
Tennessee
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
Kristal's analysis of each of the novels sheds light on how literary techniques, themes, and character types appear, recur, and are transformed over the four decades Vargas Llosa has been active as a writer of narrative fiction. In turn, Kristal's close readings are enriched by other sections of the book that offer insights into the intellectual cu...
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Temptation of the word : the novels of Mario Vargas Llosa / Efraín Kristal.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-248) and index.
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N863.64/V297.1/8
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74VvR4868Aa3
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863.64
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991009214179702626
