March 29, 2004
The landscapes and cultures of half the planet
Mario Vargas Llosa writes convincingly about Madrid and what the attacks there mean for Spain's political future. He's full of indignant talk about the clash of civilizations, and yet somehow it feels more considered coming from such as him. One of my favorite novels of the past few years has been his The Storyteller, which treats some serious cultural discord of its own.
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