I like reading literature as part of language learning. Sometimes it is not easy to choose what to read. Some works may be too complicated, or the language too local or too archaic, or you may fret about the writer's political stance. It takes me a while to pick up a book for reading, and sometimes I feel like I made a bad choice. Since there are so many options to choose from, I focus on recognized writers, although that may also be a difficult task. In the case of Spanish-language literature, my mother tongue, the Nobel prize winners are first on the list. We also have some relevant awards, like the Rómulo Gallegos prize, which recognizes a particular book, or the Prince of Asturias and the Cervantes prize. When you look at the list of winners though, and with some additional background information, you may feel that sometimes some prizes are given to leftists, whereas others may focus on writers with a liberal political position stance. I'm not an expert on this, but it grabbed my attention, that Gabriel García Márquez, who won the second edition of the Rómulo Gallegos prize and the Nobel prize, was never recognized with the other two awards, which are given in Spain. On the other hand, many think that Jorge Luis Borges, who did win a Cervantes prize in 1979, deserved also the Nobel prize. Also, many people thought that, by being a liberal, Mario Vargas Llosa would never win the Nobel prize. If you were to read some Spanish literature, I would pick "La Casa Verde" (The Green House) by Vargas Llosa. This was the first book to receive the Gallegos prize and Vargas Llosa was also awarded with the Prince of Asturias, the Cervantes, and the Nobel prize. It is one of my favorite books, but I'll write about it on a later future article.