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04195aam a22004694i 4500 001 3A6AB40E1D1E11E892F7BA4297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180301010029 008 171114t20182018nyu 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017038306 020 $a 0374253730 020 $a 9780374253738 035 $a (OCoLC)1012615987 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d FM0 $d IMT $d JTH $d IOU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h spa 042 $a pcc 043 $a cl----- 050 00 $a F1414.2 $b .V394513 2018 082 00 $a 980.03 $2 23 100 1 $a Vargas Llosa, Mario, $d 1936- $e author. 240 10 $a Sables y utopiÌas. $l English. 245 10 $a Sabers and utopias : $b visions of Latin America / $c Mario Vargas Llosa ; translated from the Spanish by Anna Kushner. 250 $a First American edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $c 2018. 300 $a xxiii, 275 pages ; $c 22 cm 500 $a "Originally published in Spanish in 2009 by Santillana Ediciones Generales, Spain, as Sables y UtopiÌas." 500 $a Includes index. 505 00 $g The $g The $t Fifty years of the Latin American boom. $r by Carlos GraneÌs -- $g The $t fall of Somoza -- $t Toward a totalitarian Peru -- $g The $t perfect dictatorship -- $t Death in Haiti -- $t Fidel and his "melancholy whores" -- $t Funeral rites for a tyrant -- $t Warning to dictators -- $g The $t leader's honor -- $t Letter to Fidel Castro -- $g The $t logic of terror -- $t Good terrorists -- $t Down with the law of gravity! -- $g The $t apogee of horror -- $t No more FARC -- $t For the history of infamy -- $t Death of the Caudillo -- $t Elephant and culture -- $t Why? How? -- $g The $g "hispanics" -- $t Nostalgia for the sea -- $t Repugnant laudatory fare -- $g The $t other state -- $g The $t defeat of fascism -- $g A $t call for harmony -- $t Empty the shelves! -- $t Between namesakes -- $t Liberalism across two millennia -- $t Dreams and reality in Latin America -- $t Hunting gays -- $t Marijuana comes out of the closet -- $t Julian Assange on the balcony -- $t Lost identity -- $g The $t students -- $t JoseÌ Donoso; or, A life made into literature -- $t Cabrera infante -- $t Welcome to Fernando de Szyszlo -- $t Friendship and books -- $t Fifty 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 $a Latin America $x Politics and government $y 1948-1980. 651 0 $a Latin America $x Politics and government $y 1980- 650 0 $a Latin American literature $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Arts, Latin American. 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a GraneÌs, Carlos, $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 4 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010020416.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180605013913.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20180601010428.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180301010110.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3A6AB40E1D1E11E892F7BA4297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search