Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Publisher: Avon; Farrar/Straus/Giroux
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York (New York), USA
Language: eng; spa
Translated from: spa
Translation of: La tía Julia y el escribidor
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Radio writers -- Fiction.; Courtship -- Fiction.; Aunts -- Fiction.
Description: Reality merges with fantasy in this hilarious comic novel about the world of radio soap operas and the pitfalls of forbidden passion by the bestselling author of The Storyteller. Sexy, sophisticated, older Aunt Julia, now divorced, seeks a new mate who can support her in high style. She finds instead her libidinous nephew, and their affair shocks both family and community.
Notes: Originally published in Spanish by Seix Barral in 1977.
Translation first published in English by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1982.
First Avon printing: July 1983.