The idea of freedom in Vargas Llosa's fiction

Mario Vargas Llosas intellectual transformations, from socialism to pragmatism, and liberalism, are reflected in his political and historical fiction. From Sartrean anti-authoritarianism in La ciudad y los perros to an increasingly liberal world view in Cinco esquinas, El hroe discreto, or Travesuras de la nia mala, this monograph documents the Peruvian Nobel Prize winners philosophical and literary journey.