◆Online discussion Mario Vargas Llosa's Interview Vargas Llosa rose to international fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero , The Green House (La casa verde, 1965/1968), and the monumental Conversation in the Cathedral . Many of Vargas Llosa's works are influenced by the writer's perception of Peruvian society and his own experiences as a native Peruvian. Increasingly, however, he has expanded his range, and tackled themes that arise from other parts of the world. In his essays, Vargas Llosa has made many criticisms of nationalism in different parts of the world. [6] Another change over the course of his career has been a shift from a style and approach associated with literary modernism , to a sometimes playful postmodernism . Like many Latin American writers, Vargas Llosa has been politically active throughout his career. While he initially supported the Cuban revolutionary govern...