The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta

Mario Vargas Llosa with Alfred J. Mac Adam (Translator)

320 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta is an astute psychological portrait of a modern revolutionary and a searching account of an old friend's struggle to understand him. First published in English in 1986, the novel probes the long and checkered histo...

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adventurous 50%
challenging 50%
dark 50%
mysterious 50%
reflective 50%
sad 50%

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