Letters to a Young Novelist

By Mario Vargas Llosa

Book Overview

Mario Vargas Llosa condenses a lifetime of writing, reading, and thought into an essential manual for aspiring writers. Drawing on the stories and novels of writers from around the globe-Borges, Bierce, C line, Cort zar, Faulkner, Kafka, Robbe-Grillet-he lays bare the inner workings of fiction, all the while urging young novelists not to lose touch with the elemental urge to create. Conversational, eloquent, and effortlessly erudite, this little book is destined to be read and re-read by young writers, old writers, would-be writers, and all those with a stake in the world of letters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312421729
• ISBN13: 9780312421724
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"