'In Mario Vargas Llosa's latest novel there are two stories - that of Paul Gauguin, the Post-Impressionist painter, and that of Paul Gauguin's grandmother, Flora Tristan . . . what makes the novel so illuminating is the continuity between their parallel lives . . . the novel is highly accomplished and teems with characters, ideas and incident - Gauguin and Flora may have thought they were masters of their own destiny, but this novel powerfully suggests that even that may have been an illusion - like paradise itself.' Literary Review--
Dimensions: 111 x 200 x 27
Author: Mario Vargos Llosa
ISBN: 9780571220397
Format: Paperback
Pages: 424