Aunt Julia and the Script Writer, Mario Vargas Llosa — 1st British Edition

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Aunt Julia and the Script Writer, Mario Vargas Llosa — 1st British Edition

Name: Aunt Julia and the Script Writer, Mario Vargas Llosa — 1st British Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
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Publication: London, Faber and Faber, 1983

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [viii], 374, [2].

Condition Report: Very Good. The binding remains remarkably tight, square, and firm, presenting a straight spine and a solid, unyielding text block. The top and fore-edges show only minor, uniform age-toning, completely free of the foxing or spotting often found in copies of this vintage. Internally, the leaves are bright, crisp, and immaculate, with no evidence of previous ownership markings or reading wear. The dust jacket is highly presentable; it exhibits mild surface rubbing and faint handling marks to the glossy black panels, alongside negligible shelf-wear at the extreme corners. Overall, it is a highly attractive, well-preserved copy.

Catalogue Note: First British Edition of Mario Vargas Llosa’s celebrated semi-autobiographical novel, translated from the original Spanish by Helen R. Lane. Originally published in Spain in 1977 as La tía Julia y el escribidor, this English language edition follows the 1982 US release.

The book is presented in the publisher's original binding and is wrapped in the distinctive, abstract dust jacket characteristic of this printing. Due to its status as a pivotal work bridging Vargas Llosa's earlier, heavier political novels with his later comedic sensibility, crisp first printings of this UK edition are increasingly desirable on the open market.

Set against the vibrant backdrop of 1950s Lima, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter is a brilliant, multifaceted comic novel that blurs the lines between reality and melodrama. The story follows eighteen-year-old Marito, a law student and aspiring writer who works at a local radio station. His life is turned upside down by two arrivals: his thirty-two-year-old, newly divorced Aunt Julia, with whom he embarks on a scandalous and fiercely opposed secret affair, and Pedro Camacho, a wildly eccentric, manic Bolivian scriptwriter. As Camacho’s daily soap operas capture the imagination of the entire city, his mind begins to fracture, causing the bizarre characters from his serials to intermingle and collapse into a chaotic, tragicomic masterpiece. Through Marito's retrospective lens, Vargas Llosa delivers a hilarious and masterful exploration of love, identity, and the dizzying power of the creative process.

ISBN: 0571130216

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Mario Vargas Llosa

Book Publisher: Faber & Faber

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Modern Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 374

Book Publication Year: 1983

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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