num_pages: 532
description: The author recounts his life from his birth in Arequipa through his 1990 bid for the Peruvian presidency, and reveals the experiences that he transformed into his critically acclaimed literary works
language: English
title: A Fish in the Water: A Memoir
titlecomplete: A Fish in the Water: A Memoir
genres: Spanish Literature, Unfinished, Politics, Biography, Nobel Prize, Autobiography, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 1184
publisher: Penguin