We Must Mistrust Utopias: They Usually End

No Matter How Ephemeral It Is, A Novel Is Something, While Despair Is Nothing.

I Was Very Young And Lived With My Grandparents In A Villa With White Walls In The Calle Ocharan, In Miraflores.

Reading Was Such An Enrichment Of My Life. And It Was That Pleasure That I Had As A Very Young Reader Probably That Is The Origin Of My Vocation.

I Learned To Read At The Age Of Five, In Brother Justiniano's Class At The De La Salle Academy In Cochabamba, Bolivia. It Is The Most Important Thing That Has Ever Happened To Me. Almost Seventy Years Later I Remember Clearly How The Magic Of Translating The Words In Books Into Images Enriched My Life, Breaking The Barriers Of Time And Space.

There Is An Incompatibility Between Literary Creation And Political Activity.