The duty of a writer is to be a witness to his time. To desc... - Mario Vargas Llosa

"The duty of a writer is to be a witness to his time. To describe what he sees, what he feels, what he thinks about his era."

Mario Vargas Llosa Literature

Novelist Peruvian Born 1936 (age 90)

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