Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Two sides of a vocation: writer and intellectual
Truth and lies: literary theory and criticism
Journalism and essays: from art to politics
Prelude: Los jefes (1959)
Experimenting with form and language: narratives of the 1960s and 1970s
Towards the total novel: La guerra del fin del mundo (1981)
Experimenting with genres: novels of the 1980s and after
Interlude: the demons of literature and politics (El pez en el agua, 1993)
The return of the grand design: La Fiesta del Chivo (2000), El Paraíso en la otra esquina (2003) and El sueño del celta (2010)
Life's Dreams: the Storyteller on Stage
Suggestions for Further Reading
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

SABINE KÖLLMANN is an independent academic writer living in London.

Reviews

[A]n impressive compendium of all of Vargas Llosa's oeuvre and its thorough analyses make it an indispensable resource in understanding the continuity inherent in his thought and craft.
*REVISTA DE ESTUDIOS HISPÁNICOS*

Köllmann's unique approach to her topic, enhanced by exhaustive trenchant research, results in an exceptional work offering amazing insight into this singular figure. Highly recommended.
*CHOICE*

[F]or the great variety of sources it offers, Köllmann's study is appropriate for anyone interested in deepening the debates aroused by the work and person of Vargas Llosa, whether at particular moments or in the whole of his public career. A Companion to Mario Vargas Llosa, far from avoiding different perspectives to validate a point of view, offers the tools necessary for his readers to form their own criteria around the work and figure of one of the most important and controversial writers of contemporary Hispanic literature.
*NUEVA REVISTA DE FILOLOGIA HISPANICA*