Vargas Llosa on Gabriel García Márquez: The History of the Godkiller

García Márquez: Historia de un deicidio

In 1971, while pursuing his doctorate, Vargas Llosa deeply admired García Márquez. For his doctoral research, the Peruvian writer delved deeply into García Márquez's life and work, resulting in this profound and weighty dissertation. However, the two suddenly fell out in 1976, and the book was subsequently shelved. It wasn't until nearly fifty years later, after the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude had passed away, that this seminal monograph on García Márquez was finally republished as a standalone volume.
Besides being a novelist, Vargas Llosa is also a sharp literary critic. This book not only includes his detailed biography of García Márquez but also demonstrates his exceptionally solid reading skills, meticulously dissecting every work of the Colombian author of the time. He eloquently demonstrates that every detail of works from "Leaf Storm" to "One Hundred Years of Solitude" remains worthy of scrutiny, even by the most professional and discerning critics.

2024-09-01

人民文学出版社

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