Llosa works removed from shopping sites after ‘irresponsible and prejudiced’ opinion

Screenshot for Mario Vargas Llosa on Sunday

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa’s “irresponsible” remarks made on Monday weren’t solely criticized by China’s international affairs ministry, but additionally grew to become the goal of infuriated Chinese language netizens, with many displaying their disappointment within the Nobel literature laureate on Chinese language social media.

“I used to be so shocked {that a} author with such a fantastic honor would categorical such a shallow and racist opinion. The WHO has acknowledged clearly that the supply of the novel coronavirus can’t be decided at current. Plainly he has a deep misunderstanding of China. I’ve began to doubt his expertise and morals,” one Chinese language netizen posted on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo.

“It’s a very arbitrary opinion to affiliate the virus with the system. In his opinion, a democratic system can do nicely, however have a look at the US and Europe. I don’t assume they’re coping with the scenario in addition to China is,” one Chinese language wrote on Sina Weibo.

Llosa received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010, and plenty of of his works together with The Metropolis and the Canines, The Inexperienced Home and Dialog within the Cathedral have been printed in China. He has at all times been a controversial determine with actions reminiscent of marrying his aunt’s sister and becoming a member of the Peru presidential election in 1990, in line with reviews.

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“I feel he’s so smug to dare make such ridiculous remarks and attempt to steal the highlight. The honors he has received earlier than have been ruined by this comment,” one Chinese language commented on Sina Weibo.

The International Occasions discovered on Tuesday that almost all of Losa’s works have been faraway from many Chinese language e-commerce websites together with Taobao, dangdang.com, JD.com and Amazon China, and only some are nonetheless out there on some personal shops of JD.com and Taobao.

Álvaro Vargas Llosa, one among his sons, posted on Twitter on Monday night time expressing his gratitude to the hospitality of the Chinese language public and writers for providing a visit to China, however he didn’t apologize for his father’s remarks.