The Temptation of the Impossible: Victor Hugo and Les Misérables by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Temptation of the Impossible: Victor Hugo and Les Misérables

Mario Vargas Llosa with John King (Translator)

196 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging reflective slow-paced
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It was one of the most popular novels of the nineteenth century and Tolstoy called it the greatest of all novels. Yet today Victor Hugo's Les Mis rables is neglected by readers and undervalued by critics. In The Temptation of the Impossible, one o...

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