A review by tyunglebower
Letters to a Young Novelist by Mario Vargas Llosa

2.0

Smart man, though I haven't read anything else he has written. The prose is a bit too stilted and academic for my taste, though that is quite possibly the translation and not the author himself coming through.

Conceptually sound, but more geared towards those who have never once attempted to write fiction, as opposed to those who have started their journeys.

Also more well suited for those who have read some of the many novels he references, (and to which he gives total spoilers.)

Gave me some thought here and there, though I suspect the author himself is more interesting than this particular example of his material.