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 globe-Borges Bierce Céline Cortázar 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.
