News Summary

• Mario Vargas Llosa announced in October 2023 that his new novel, Le dedico mi silencio, would be his last.
• I Give You My Silence is charming and thought-provoking, again addressing the dilemma of Peru’s identity.
• In his most significant, anguished narrative approaches to his homeland, Peru appears as “fucked up,” the outcome of centuries of rivalries and violence, its inhabitants separated by intractable hatreds of class, race, and history.