The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
A Novel
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ISBN10: 0374525552
ISBN13: 9780374525552
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320 Pages
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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.
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Praise for The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
"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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Mario Vargas Llosa; Translated by Alfred MacAdam
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