In Praise of Reading and Fiction : The Nobel Lecture (Hardcover)

from porch_reader

Mario Vargas Llosa's Nobel Prize Lecture is beautifully written. It provides insight into the role that fiction plays in all of our lives. Llosa also provides some insight into how his own background has influenced his writing. It was a quick read that made me move Llosa higher on my TBR list. He...

from lycomayflower

The text of Vargas Llosa's 2010 Nobel speech. Probably I would have appreciated this a little more if I'd known more about him, but there's some lovely discussion of the importance of storytelling and how it raises us above the mere quest for survival. He employs wonderful imagery as well. I need...

from lycomayflower

The text of Vargas Llosa's 2010 Nobel speech. Probably I would have appreciated this a little more if I'd known more about him, but there's some lovely discussion of the importance of storytelling and how it raises us above the mere quest for survival. He employs wonderful imagery as well. I need...