LETTERS TO A YOUNG NOVELIST. Copyright © 1997 by Mario Vargas Llosa. Translation © 2002 by Natasha Wimmer All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address Picador, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936-
[Cartas a un joven novelista. English]
Letters to a young novelist / Mario Vargas Llosa; translated by Natasha Wimmer.—1st Picador ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-312-42172-4
1. Fiction—Authorship. 2. Imaginary letters. I. Wimmer, Natasha. II. Title.
PN3365.V2713 2003
808.3—dc21
2003041337
First published in Spain under the title Cartas a un joven novelista by Ariel/Planeta.