The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta

The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta

by Alfred MacAdam (Translator)

Synopsis

The Peru of the near future is in the throes of an insurgency. A revolutionary army is taking on the failing government and the US Marines, and the cities have become vast garbage-strewn slums. In the midst of this, the narrator attempts to reconstruct the story of his friend, a modern revolutionary. In The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, Mario Vargas Llosa offers not just a brilliant psychological portrait, but also a searing account of Latin America's political scene.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 14 Sep 1987

ISBN 10: 0571149049
ISBN 13: 9780571149049
Book Overview: The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta by Mario Vargas Llosa is another stunning work from the Peruvian novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, author of The Discreet Hero, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter and The Feast of the Goat.

Author Bio
With novels including The War of the End of the World, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto and The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa has established an international reputation as one of the Latin America's most important authors.