Vargas Llosa, Mario,  1936- <br/><br/>
Touchstones  essays on literature, art, and politics / 
Mario Vargas Llosa ; selected, edited, and translated by John King. 
 - New York  Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  2007. 
 - xxxii, 354 p.  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published London  Faber and Faber, 2007.  "This volume includes the eight central articles from the Iraq Diary."--p. xxviii. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Touchstones collects Vargas Llosa's readings of seminal twentieth-century novels, from Heart of Darkness to The Tin Drum; incisive essays on political and social thinkers; and contemporary pieces on 9/11 and the immediate aftermath of the war in Iraq. --from publisher description 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated into English from the original Spanish. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780374278373 (pbk.) 0374278377 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010940200 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- --Travel--Iraq.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Latin American essays--20th century.<br/>English literature--History and criticism.<br/>Ensayos latinoamericanos--Siglo xx.<br/>Literatura inglesa--Historia y crítica.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ 8498.32  / V297t 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>864