Aunt Julia And The Script Writer by Mario Vargas Llosa
Set in 1950s Lima, the novel follows a young radio announcer whose illicit romance with his aunt-by-marriage unfolds alongside his career writing soap operas, while the outlandish, increasingly deranged serials of a flamboyant Bolivian scriptwriter provide a parallel comic counterpoint; the book mixes autobiographical detail, satire, and melodrama to examine the collision of love and art, the porous boundary between life and fiction, and the absurdities of mass culture.
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- Published
- 1977
- Nationality
- Peruvian
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- Pages
- 280-320 pages
- Original Language
- Spanish
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- Alternate Titles
- - La tía Julia y el escribidor
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