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"Long Chats in the Bar" is one of the most ambitious works of Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, and it may also be an excellent example of how this contemporary writer uses literature to think politically. The novel is set during the dictatorship of General Audria (1948-1956), and tells the story of the moral collapse of Santiago Zavala, a young man from a middle-class family, and his literary ambitions under the corrupt power of the dictatorship. How dream intellectuals gradually give up their ideals. The novel describes the situation in Lima at that time in an all-round way, showing the whole picture of Peruvian society.

(Purchase Tip: This book involves the politics, military, society and multiculturalism of South American countries in the middle of the last century. It is recommended for readers aged 18 and above.)

Editor's Choice:

◆Nobel Prize winner Llosa Fu's ambitious work, one of the core works, is regarded as a sign that the author's writing skills have reached the peak.

◆Involves a wide range of issues, involves deep issues, and has a huge capacity, shaping about 70 characters ranging from ministers, generals and rich men to hooligans, thugs, and courtesans.

◆An anti-dictatorship novel with a bold structure and an award-winning award, three-dimensionally presents the reality of the entire historical period and the entire country under the Audria government.

◆The symbolic techniques such as "dialogue wave" and "communication method" are overwhelming, and highly complex artistic expression techniques such as drama, film and television are introduced.

◆In-depth confirmation of the awarding words: "...a detailed description of power structure cartography, and a sharp portrayal of personal resistance, resistance and frustration."

◆Purchasing tips: This book involves the politics, military, society and multiculturalism of South American countries in the middle of the last century. It is recommended for readers aged 18 and above to read.

If only one of my works could be rescued from the fire, it would be this one. —— Llosa

This book has more life than all my other novels, and it conquers the reader bit by bit. This is very encouraging to me. If you want to evaluate all the novels I have written, I think "Long Talk in the Bar" should be one of my main works. —— Llosa

Media Comments/Recommendation by Celebrities

I read "Long Talks in the Bar" with reverence. —— Kenzaburo Oe

In order to write this novel, the author read various documents of that period and many speeches of Audria, and interviewed witnesses of various events at that time. The expressive technique of the novel has a new development. Its basic structure is a "dialogue wave" structure, and various techniques of modern new novels are used intensively. It is generally believed that this novel is a sign of the peak of the author's writing skills. ——Sun Jiameng