In The Guardian, Stuart Jeffries profiles Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing at some length.
Vargas Llosa mentions:
See also the complete review Mario Vargas Llosa-page, with links to reviews of many of his works (though not the latest one, yet).
Vargas Llosa mentions:
The Nobel prize is a fairytale for a week and a nightmare for a year. You can't imagine the pressure to give interviews, to go to book fairs. The first year was very difficult. I could barely write.(He's right, I can't imagine it: what possible pressure could there be to give interviews or go to book fairs (other than from your greedy publishers who don't know the meaning of the concept of over-exposure); just tell everyone to go to hell (or decline politely -- or rather have your agent/representative do so; what Nobel laureate handles interview requests him- or herself ? --, if you prefer).)
See also the complete review Mario Vargas Llosa-page, with links to reviews of many of his works (though not the latest one, yet).