A masterful recreation of one of the classics of European literature.
Tales of Plague, is an unprecedented work by Mario Vargas Llosa, inspired by Boccacio's masterpiece.
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A masterful recreation of one of the classics of European literature.
Love, desire, the power of imagination, and the relationship between social classes are the keys to this work that draws from the essence of the spirit of The Decameron: lust and sensuality exacerbated by the sense of crisis, of open abyss, of the end of the world.
“From the first time I read The Decameron, in my youth, I thought that the initial situation that the book presents, before the stories begin, is essentially theatrical: trapped in a city riddled with the plague, from which they have no escape, a group of young people nevertheless arrange to take refuge in the imaginary, locking themselves in a country villa to tell stories. Faced with an intolerable reality, seven young women and three young men manage to escape through fantasy, transporting themselves to a world made of the stories they tell each other, which transport them from this pitiful reality to another, made of words and dreams, where they are immune to this pestilence.” —Mario Vargas Llosa
“The writing of Mario Vargas Llosa has shaped our image of South America and has its own chapter in the history of contemporary literature. In his first years, he was a renovator of the novel; now, he is an epic poet. His great embrace envelops all literary genres.” —Per Wästberg, President of the Nobel Committee, Member of the Swedish Academy
“All of his work (journalistic and literary, including his essays here) is marked by the search, in the dark recesses of the soul and of power, for those elements that make people evil or excellent.” —Juan Cruz, El País
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