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St Martins Press Letters to a Young Novelist by Mario Vargas Llosa Translated by Natasha Wimmer
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 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 globeBorges Bierce Céline Cortázar Faulkner Kafka RobbeGrillethe 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 reread by young writers old writers wouldbe writers and all those with a stake in the world of letters.show more