Book details
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
A Novel
Author: Mario Vargas Llosa; Translated by Alfred MacAdam
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
$11.99
About This Book
Book Details
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta is an astute psychological portrait of a modern revolutionary and a searching account of an old friend's struggle to understand him. First published in English in 1986, the novel probes the long and checkered history of radical politics in Latin America.
Imprint Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN
9781429922074
In The News
“With [The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta] Mario Vargas Llosa . . . has replaced Gabriel García Márquez as the South American novelist for gringos to catch up on.” —John Updike, The New Yorker
“A glittering trompe l'oeil of a novel about the revolutionary temperament--and the nature of fiction.” —The New York Times
“Mario Vargas Llosa [is] one of the master storytellers of our time.” —Denis Lynn Heyck, Chicago Tribune Book World
“In a way, this novel about an obscure Peruvian revolutionary is a perfect introduction to Vargas Llosa.” —Terrence Rafferty, The Nation
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The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta