{"product_id":"aunt-julia-and-the-scriptwriter-paperback","title":"Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHelen R. Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMario Vargas Llosa's brilliant, multilayered novel is set in the Lima, Peru, of the author's youth, where a young student named Marito is toiling away in the news department of a local radio station. His young life is disrupted by two arrivals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first is his aunt Julia, recently divorced and thirteen years older, with whom he begins a secret affair. The second is a manic radio scriptwriter named Pedro Camacho, whose racy, vituperative soap operas are holding the city's listeners in thrall. Pedro chooses young Marito to be his confidant as he slowly goes insane. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterweaving the story of Marito's life with the ever-more-fevered tales of Pedro Camacho, Vargas Llosa's novel is hilarious, mischievous, and masterful, a classic named one of the best books of the year by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARIO VARGAS LLOSA\u003c\/b\u003e was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010 \"for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat.\" Peru's foremost writer, he has been awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor, and the Jerusalem Prize. His many works include \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of the Goat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAunt Julia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the Scriptwriter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe War of the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Storyteller\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.31 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52058624852269,"sku":"9780312427245","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aunt-julia-and-the-scriptwriter-paperback-3633974.webp?v=1780168207","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/aunt-julia-and-the-scriptwriter-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}