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The Temptation of the Impossible Victor Hugo and "Les Miserables" Hardcover - 2007

by Mario Vargas Llosa

It was one of the most popular novels of the 19th century, yet today Victor Hugo's "Les Misrables" is neglected by readers and undervalued by critics. One of the world's great novelists Llosa helps readers to appreciate the incredible ambition, power, and beauty of Hugo's masterpiece.


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Translated from the Spanish Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-184) and index Translated from the Spanish

From the rear cover

"It is always interesting when a writer of Vargas Llosa's distinction discusses a great novelist, bringing to bear a luminous awareness of the craft of fiction. The Temptation of the Impossible is written with considerable zest, discrimination, and enthusiasm. Raising practical and theoretical points about the art of the novel, Vargas Llosa never loses sight of Hugo's specific achievement. I recommend this book without hesitation."--Victor Brombert, author of Trains of Thought

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  • Title The Temptation of the Impossible Victor Hugo and "Les Miserables"
  • Author Mario Vargas Llosa
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 208
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
  • Date April 3, 2007
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780691131115
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/01/2007, Page 64
  • Foreword, 07/01/2007, Page 78
  • Library Journal, 05/01/2007, Page 81
  • New York Review of Books, 06/28/2007, Page 52

About the author

Mario Vargas Llosa is a prolific novelist and essayist whose literary criticism includes A Writer's Reality, Letters to a Young Novelist, and studies of Flaubert and Gabriel Garca Mrquez.. One of his books of essays, Making Waves (Penguin), won the National Book Critics Circle Award. His novels include Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto, and The Feast of the Goat. Born in Peru, he now divides his time among Lima, London, and Madrid.
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