{"product_id":"touchstones-essays-on-literature-art-and-politics-paperback","title":"Touchstones: Essays on Literature, Art, and Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn King\u003c\/b\u003e (Selected by), \u003cb\u003eJohn King\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of Latin America's most garlanded novelists--and the recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature--Mario Vargas Llosa is also an acute and wide-ranging cultural critic and an acerbic political commentator. \u003ci\u003eTouchstones \u003c\/i\u003ecollects Vargas Llosa's brilliant readings of seminal twentieth-century novels, from \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eThe Tin Drum\u003c\/i\u003e; incisive essays on political and social thinkers; and contemporary pieces on 9\/11 and the immediate aftermath of the war in Iraq. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFantastically intelligent, inspired, and surprising, \u003ci\u003eTouchstones \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark collection of essays from one of the world's leading writers and intellectuals.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Peru in 1936. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature \"for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat.\" He also won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor. His many works of fiction and nonfiction include \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of the Goat, In Praise of the Stepmother, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by FSG. He died in Lima at age 89 in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384888082610,"sku":"9780374278373","price":27.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0yErv4lvaX9780374278373.webp?v=1783072837","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/touchstones-essays-on-literature-art-and-politics-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}