Mario Vargas Llosa Quote

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"Le monde est plein de contradictions. Nous ne pouvons les affronter que si nous pouvons les regarder en face."

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“I will write for a few more years to see if I can beat this. Literature gives the reader a...”

Mario Vargas Llosa

“I don't believe there is a powerful and mysterious 'popular will', a common will that expr...”

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“Art is an escape from reality.”

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