Mario Vargas Llosa - Novel Quotes

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No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.

Mario Vargas Llosa

I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but the possibilities of the plot. I write without thinking much, trying to overcome all kinds of self-criticism, without stopping, without giving any consideration to the style or structure of the novel, only putting down on paper everything that can be used as raw material, very crude material for later development in the story.

Mario Vargas Llosa

It is rare and almost impossible for a novel to have only one narrator.

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