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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Spanish: La tía Julia y el escribidor) is the seventh novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa. It was published by Seix Barral, S.A., Spain, in 1977.
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- 1977
Mar 1, 1977 · A novel about a young student's affair with his aunt and his friendship with a mad radio scriptwriter in 1950s Lima. Read reviews, ratings, genres, book details and author information on Goodreads.
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, comic novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, published as La tía Julia y el escribidor in 1977. Vargas Llosa uses counterpoint, paradox, and satire to explore the creative process of writing and its relation to the daily lives of writers.
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Oct 2, 2007 · Mario Vargas Llosa's brilliant, multilayered novel is set in the Lima, Peru, of the author's youth, where a young student named Marito is toiling away in the news department of a local radio station. His young life is disrupted by two arrivals.
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Learn about the metafictional novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, which combines the autobiographical story of his affair with Julia and the soap operas written by Pedro Camacho. Explore the themes of transposition, reality, and fiction in this complex and humorous work.
A comedic novel about the education of young Mario and his love for his aunt by marriage, Aunt Julia, in Lima in the 1950s. The novel combines Mario's autobiographical story with Pedro Camacho's soap operas, which reflect the absurdity and chaos of life in Peru.
Oct 2, 2007 · Mario Vargas Llosa's brilliant, multilayered novel is set in the Lima, Peru, of the author's youth, where a young student named Marito is toiling away in the news department of a local radio station. His young life is disrupted by two arrivals.
