description: The Peru of the near future is in the throes of an insurgency. A revolutionary army is taking on the failing government and the US Marines, and the cities have become vast garbage-strewn slums. In the midst of this, the narrator attempts to reconstruct the story of his friend, a modern revolutionary.In The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta , Mario Vargas Llosa offers not just a brilliant psychological portrait, but also a searing account of Latin America's political scene.
language: English
title: The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
titlecomplete: The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
genres: Fiction, Latin American, Spanish Literature, Latin American Literature, Literature, Novels, Nobel Prize, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1905
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Premio Grinzane Cavour
category: Narrativa Straniera
publisher: Faber & Faber