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Alonso Cueto in conversation with Carlos Granés

Homage to Mario Vargas Llosa by a friend

Arequipa 2025, 

Alonso Cueto met Mario Vargas Llosa aged three, at a Christmas Dinner organised in France by his mother. Almost seven decades later he published Mario Vargas Llosa. Palabras en el mundo, his homage to Arequipa’s Nobel prizewinner, written before the death of the famous writer on 13 April this year. More than an academic essay, this is a personal text, an ode to the work and influence of Vargas Llosa, who has become more important than ever after his passing. In conversation with Carlos Granés.

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