Los Cuadernos de Don Rigoberto

By Mario Vargas Llosa

Book Overview

Set in Lima, Peru this is the story of a bizarre love triangle whose participants may be the creations of Don Rigoberto's fertile imagination. The central characters are Rigoberto himself, a dull insurance executive by day, a pornogapher and sexual enthusiast by night; Lucrecia, his second wife; and Alfonso, his angel-faced young son. Husband and wife have been separated for a year because of a sexual encounter between the boy and his stepmother. Rigoberto misses Lucrecia desperately--filling notebooks with his memories, fantasies, and letters he will never send. Meanwhile, Alfonso visits Lucrecia, attempting to both win her love and reunite her with his father. A companion volume to In Praise of the Stepmother --where we were first introduced to these passionate characters-- The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto is a compelling mix of fantasy and reality that always keep the reader guessing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140274723
• ISBN13: 9780140274721
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

picaro

este libro es bien entretenido y picaro y para mi muestra al hombre del nuevo milenio, un hombre normal, que da rienda suelta a sus fantasias y que esta dispuesto a dejar quie su esposa las comparta, es muy entretenido ya que el autor no deja caer el tono y el libro se mantiene a traves de sus trescientas paginas. muy recomendado. Luis Mendez

No pierde el ritmo literario

Vargas LLosa no pierde el ritmo literario, au'n en su u'ltima novela. En argumento, al principio pareciera no tener nada destellante, sin embargo conforme iba leyendo, me gusto' la trama que se desencadena al final, ciertas li'neas pi'caras y el lenguaje de un gran escritor. Una novela para buenos lectores y amantes de la literatura.

A good book

Slow in the start, it gets very interesting in the last 10 to 15 pages. But to get there one has to read all the little clues. Almost like a little mistery novel, the taste after reading is of a bittersweet confusion. The message if any, is tastefully conceiled in subtleties. It is made for one to think.

What literature should be

This is what all literature should aspire to--funny, chock full of ideas, and illuminating some of the extremes of human nature. I hope there is a third in the series to come.