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050 00 $aF1414.2$b.V394513 2018
082 00 $a980.03$223
100 1 $aVargas Llosa, Mario,$d1936-$eauthor.
240 10 $aSables y utopías.$lEnglish
245 10 $aSabers and utopias :$bvisions of Latin America /$cMario Vargas Llosa ; translated from the Spanish by Anna Kushner.
250 $aFirst American edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2018.
264 4 $c©2018
300 $axxiii, 275 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"Originally published in Spanish in 2009 by Santillana Ediciones Generales, Spain, as Sables y Utopías."
500 $aIncludes index.
505 00 $gForeword:$tThe instinctive struggle for freedom /$rby Carlos Granés --$tThe fall of Somoza --$tToward a totalitarian Peru --$tThe perfect dictatorship --$tDeath in Haiti --$tFidel and his "melancholy whores" --$tFuneral rites for a tyrant --$tWarning to dictators --$tThe leader's honor --$tLetter to Fidel Castro --$tThe logic of terror --$tGood terrorists --$tDown with the law of gravity! --$tThe apogee of horror --$tNo more FARC --$tFor the history of infamy --$tDeath of the Caudillo --$tElephant and culture --$tWhy? How? --$tThe "hispanics" --$tNostalgia for the sea --$tRepugnant laudatory fare --$tThe other state --$tThe defeat of fascism --$tA call for harmony --$tEmpty the shelves! --$tBetween namesakes --$tLiberalism across two millennia --$tDreams and reality in Latin America --$tHunting gays --$tMarijuana comes out of the closet --$tJulian Assange on the balcony --$tLost identity --$tThe students --$tJosé Donoso; or, A life made into literature --$tCabrera infante --$tWelcome to Fernando de Szyszlo --$tFriendship and books --$tFifty years of the Latin American boom.
520 $a"Throughout his career, the Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa has grappled with the concept of Latin America on a global stage. Examining liberal claims and searching for cohesion, he continuously weighs the reality of the continent against the image it projects, and considers the political dangers and possibilities that face this diverse set of countries. Now this illuminating and versatile collection assembles these never-before-translated criticisms and meditations. Reflecting the intellectual development of the writer himself, these essays distill the great events of Latin America's recent history, analyze political groups like FARC and Sendero Luminoso, and evaluate the legacies of infamous leaders such as Papa Doc Duvalier and Fidel Castro. Arranged by theme, they trace Vargas Llosa's unwavering demand for freedom, his embrace of and disenchantment with revolutions, and his critique of nationalism, populism, indigenism, and corruption. From the discovery of liberal ideas to a defense of democracy, buoyed by a passionate invocation of Latin American literature and art, Sabers and Utopias is a monumental collection from one of our most important writers. Uncompromising and adamantly optimistic, these social and political essays are a paean to thoughtful engagement and a brave indictment of the discrimination and fear that can divide a society.."--Jacket flap.
651 0 $aLatin America$xPolitics and government$y1948-1980.
651 0 $aLatin America$xPolitics and government$y1980-
650 0 $aLatin American literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aArts, Latin American.
650 7 $aArts, Latin American.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00818112
650 7 $aLatin American literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00993031
650 7 $aPolitics and government.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919741
651 7 $aLatin America.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01245945
650 7 $aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Caribbean & Latin American.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.$2bisacsh
648 7 $aSince 1948$2fast
655 7 $aEssays.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919922
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655 7 $aEssays.$2lcgft
700 1 $aKushner, Anna,$etranslator.
700 1 $aGranés, Carlos,$ewriter of foreword.
852 00 $bglx$hF1414.2$i.V394513 2018