num_pages: 320
description: 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 history of radical politics in Latin America. 
language: English
title: The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
titlecomplete: The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
genres: Spanish Literature, Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Latin American, Fiction, Latin American Literature, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1904
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Premio Grinzane Cavour
category: Narrativa Straniera
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux