The idea of freedom in Vargas Llosa's fiction

Mario Vargas Llosa’s intellectual transformations, from socialism to pragmatism, and liberalism, are reflected in his political and historical fiction. From Sartrean anti-authoritarianism inLa ciudad y los perrosto an increasingly liberal world view inCinco esquinas,El héroe discreto, orTravesuras de la niña mala, this monograph documents the Peruvian Nobel Prize winner’s philosophical and literary journey.