Paradise is on the other corner

Author's name: Mario Vargas Llosa Publisher: Al-Jamal Publications for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2015 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: Where is the earthly paradise? Is it in building a society of equality, or in returning to the primal world? Through two lives: Flora Trissan's life, which dedicated her existence to the struggle for women's and workers' rights. And Paul Gauguin's life, the man who discovered his passion for painting, and abandoned his bourgeois life to travel to Tahiti, searching for a world free of prejudgments. And through two concepts of sex: Flora's concept, which sees sex only as a tool for male dominance over women, and Gauguin's concept, which considers sex a vital force, essential in his creative work. Mario Vargas Llosa reveals the world of utopias that spread in the nineteenth century, linking two opposing lives (Flora's life and her grandson Gauguin), both seeking a common goal: reaching a paradise where happiness is possible for all humans.