A Storyteller : Mario Vargas Llosa Between Civilization and Barbarism

Against these times of post-modern relativism, Vargas Llosa embodies the need for a master narative, a single view, a whole encompassing truth. But in . . . this book, Braulio Munoz, with Kant and Derrida by his side, looks the man in the eye and the rest is literature-which amounts to a lively, even fascinating reading. -- Julio Ortega, Brown University An invaluable addition to the literature. * CHOICE * Munoz's book is undoubtedly a significant contribution to our understanding of the 'psychocultural sediments' hidden in Mario Vargas Llosa's writing. * World Literature Today * Munoz incorporates much interesting detail and analysis into the work. * British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain * Munoz has written an important study de-mystifying one of the sacred cows of Euro-Latin American literature while acknowledging his storytelling ability. Munoz's brilliant de-construction of Vargas Llosa's personal confession and self-affirmation and his relocation of the writer as a European-based mestizo is worth the price of the book. -- James Petras, Professor of Sociology, Binghamton University