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Best Spanish-language novel, Editorial House of the Republic of China for the best novel written in 2004-2005, for The Blue Hour (La hora azul) Second place in the Planeta-Casa de América Prize, 2007, for the novel El susurro de la mujer ballena; Elected as a member of the Peruvian Academy of Language, 2009
The Dream of the Celt (Spanish: El sueño del celta) is a novel written by Peruvian writer and 2010 Nobel laureate in literature Mario Vargas Llosa.. The novel was presented to the public November 3, 2010 during a special ceremony held in the Casa de América museum and cultural center in Madrid, that same day it appeared in bookstores. [1]
The novel is framed within the stylistic canon of the mid-19th century, featuring characteristics of both Gothic and science fiction novels, with elements of fantasy, utopia, and anticipation. [1] As a reference, Jules Verne's first novel (which was also his first science fiction work), Paris in the 20th Century, was not written until 1859.
She gives the book an impressive review, praising Vargas Llosa's ability to discuss the role of Western influence on the native and the overpowering impact of primitive culture on the white man. She writes, "To me this is Mr. Vargas Llosa's most engaging and accessible book, for the urgency of its subject purifies and illuminates the writing.
Furthermore, the corruption of the book's school is a reflection of the corruption of Peruvian society at the time the novel was written. [32] Vargas Llosa frequently uses his writing to challenge the inadequacies of society, such as demoralization and oppression by those in political power towards those who challenge this power.
Javier Marías Franco (20 September 1951 – 11 September 2022) [1] was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. [2] Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White (Corazón tan blanco, 1992) and Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, 1994). [3]
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Her most recent novel, published in January 2009, is Lima Nights (its Spanish edition [2013] was selected by El Comercio's chief book critic as one of the best five novels of 2013 in Peru. In April, 2013, Simon & Schuster published her book Bolívar: American Liberator , a biography of the South American revolutionary leader and founder Simon ...