La tía Julia y el escribidor / Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Paperback)

from cameling

Set back in the day before television was introduced to Peru, we follow the life of student, Marito, as he works at Panamerica, writing up news scripts for the radio station and studies for his law exams. His life is disrupted by the arrival of his Aunt Julia with whom he embarks on a secret affa...

from kidzdoc

This semi-autobiographical novel describes the mid-1950s love affair between the teenaged Llosa and his Aunt Julia, an attractive Bolivian divorcée who has come to Lima to stay with her sister and brother-in-law (the author's uncle), while she looks for a wealthy husband. "Marito" is an indiffere...

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An early novel by the Peruvian Nobel Prize winner, Mario Vargas Llosa, that recalls the beginning of his career as a writer. The story alternates between the account of the love affair of 18 year old Mario and his Aunt Julia ( not a blood relative), a wildly beautiful divorcee who is twice his ag...

from xieouyang

This is one of the most enjoyable novels of Vargas LLosa I've read so far. The novel carries two intertwined stories. One is the narrator Mario (also called Marito, Varguitas), a young 18-year old student who falls in love with his aunt (Tia Julia of course) and marries her to the consternation o...

from Donna828

The popular daytime radio soap operas in Peru are mimicked by the real life soap opera of a romance between 18-year-old Mario and his 32-year-old Aunt (by marriage) Julia. Mario is a bright young man, halfheartedly pursuing a law degree while working as a radio newswriter. His narration of the be...