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Mario Vargas Llosa Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
by Brian Kennedy, PDS Bibliographer

Praising him "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat," the Swedish Academy has awarded Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2010.

"This is not an author who drills a hole through reality and calls it a world," noted the Academy's Permanent Secretary, Peter Englund, in a video interview given after the prize announcement, "He is going for that elusive thing called a total novel."

"Writing has been such a fantastic pleasure for me all my life," Vargas Llosa told the Nobel Foundation, reflecting on the news of the award, "that I cannot believe that I am honored and recompensed for something that has been a recompense in itself."

The prize, currently set at 10,000,000 Swedish kronor (nearly 1.5 million USD), will be formally awarded to Vargas Llosa at an official ceremony in Stockholm in December.

Below please find a list of books by Mario Vargas Llosa available in English. For your convenience, this list is also available in a MS Excel spreadsheet.



AUNT JULIA AND THE SCRIPTWRITER; TRANS. BY HELEN R. LANE.

  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65T513
  • $15.00 PAPER 374 P.
  • ISBN: 9780312427245
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BAD GIRL; TRANS. BY EDITH GROSSMAN.
  • AUTHOR: LLOSA, MARIO VARGAS, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65T7313 2007
  • $25.00 CLOTH 276 P.
  • ISBN: 9780374182434
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CONVERSATION IN THE CATHEDRAL: A NOVEL; TRANS. BY GREGORY RABASSA.
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: HARPERCOLLINS
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65C613 2005
  • $14.99 PAPER 601 P.
  • ISBN: 9780060732806
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DEATH IN THE ANDES.
  • AUTHOR: LLOSA, MARIO VARGAS
  • PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65L5813
  • $15.00 PAPER 275 P.
  • ISBN: 9780312427252
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FEAST OF THE GOAT: A NOVEL; TRANS. BY EDITH GROSSMAN.
  • AUTHOR: LLOSA, MARIO VARGAS
  • PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65F5413
  • $16.00 PAPER 404 P.
  • ISBN: 9780312420277
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FISH IN THE WATER.
  • AUTHOR: LLOSA, MARIO VARGAS
  • PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65P4913
  • $14.95 PAPER 544 P.
  • ISBN: 9780140248906
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GREEN HOUSE: A NOVEL; TRANS. BY GREGORY RABASSA.
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO
  • PUBLISHER: HARPERCOLLINS
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65C413 2005
  • $14.99 PAPER 405 P.
  • ISBN: 9780060732790
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IN PRAISE OF THE STEPMOTHER; TRAN. BY HELEN LANE.
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32
  • $15.00 PAPER 149 P.
  • ISBN: 9780312421304
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LANGUAGE OF PASSION: SELECTED COMMENTARY.
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO
  • PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65L4613
  • $14.00 PAPER 292 P.
  • ISBN: 9780312422547
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REAL LIFE OF ALEJANDRO MAYTA.
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: NOONDAY FARRAR, STRAUS
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65H513 1985
  • $26.00 PAPER 309 P.
  • ISBN: 9780374525552
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STORYTELLER; TRAN. BY HELEN LANE.
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1938-
  • PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65H3413 2001
  • $15.00 PAPER 245 P.
  • ISBN: 9780312420284
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TEMPTATION OF THE IMPOSSIBLE: VICTOR HUGO AND LES MISERABLES; TRANS. BY JOHN KING.
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: PRINCETON UNIV PRESS
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ2286.V3713 2007
  • $24.95 CLOTH 196 P.
  • ISBN: 9780691131115
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TOUCHSTONES: ESSAYS ON LITERATURE, ART AND POLITICS
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65
  • $39.95 CLOTH 353 P.
  • ISBN: 9780571214990
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WAR OF THE END OF THE WORLD; TRANS. BY HELEN R. LANE.
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65G813
  • $16.00 PAPER 568 P.
  • ISBN: 9780312427986
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WAY TO PARADISE.
  • AUTHOR: LLOSA, MARIO VARGAS
  • PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65P3713
  • $14.00 PAPER 373 P.
  • ISBN: 9780312424039
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WELLSPRINGS.
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: HARVARD UNIV PRESS
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ7081.V38 2007
  • $17.95 CLOTH 202 P.
  • ISBN: 9780674028364
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WHO KILLED PALOMINO MOLERO?
  • AUTHOR: VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO, 1936-
  • PUBLISHER: NOONDAY FARRAR, STRAUS
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • LC CLASS: PQ8498.32.A65Q513 1987
  • $16.00 PAPER 151 P.
  • ISBN: 9780374525569
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