Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
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Wednesday 28 April |
Introduction
Mario, an 18-year-old law student and radio news editor, falls scandalously in love with his aunt Julia, the 32-year-old divorced wife of his cousin. Maria Vargas Llosa interweaves the increasingly lunatic story of their affair with episodes from an even more bizarre radio soap opera in this classic of Latin American literature and magical realism. Says the New York Times, ‘The book’s principal achievement is the rendering of a vast comic landscape, with its heroes, victims and villains — all populating a world that grows increasingly complex as the novel progresses…’
‘The book’s principal achievement is the rendering of a vast comic landscape, with its heroes, victims and villains — all populating a world that grows increasingly complex as the novel progresses but that never ceases to entertain.’ New York Times