Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa developed over centuries of practice

developed over centuries of practice and refinement are being forgotten in the present context of modernisation

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Valerie Roebuck’s powerful new translation blends accuracy with readability and retains the oral style of these stirring and profound philosophical explorations

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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa developed over centuries of practiceMarito is a young Peruvian who toils away at his local radio station, dreaming of becoming a writer, before his life is torn apart by two arrivals. The first is his recently divorced Aunt Julia, with whom he begins an affair which he must hide from his family. The second is Pedro Camacho, an eccentric scriptwriter whose radio dramas are keeping the whole city enthralled. This hilarious and mischievous novel interweaves the story of Marito's life with