Synopsis
Mario falls in love with and marries his Aunt Julia, scandalizing the town, while Mario's friend Pedro becomes more and more obsessed with the soap operas he writes
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Review
'Without doubt a magnificent novel - comic, imaginative . . . written with a feeling for the language that is quite remarkable.' -- Daily Telegraph
'A comic novel on the grand scale, written with tremendous confidence and verve . . . Llosa's huge energy and inventiveness is extravagant and fabulously funny.' --New Statesman
'This novel is as full of fizz as a giant pack of sherbet, witty, wise and wonderful in equal proportions.' -- Sunday Times
'A novel of immense vitality and imagination.' --Literary Review
'A comic novel that is genuinely funny . . . [and] never ceases to entertain.' --New York Times
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A newly repackaged edition of Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, a classic Mario Vargas Llosa novel.
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
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Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982
ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing stated. In orange boards and purple spine cloth with gilt and red to type and design motif on spine. Tiny scuff to front board. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding - appears unread. Jacket is unclipped ($16.50) with short tears to top front corner and bottom of front panel, light wear at head of spine. 1st Printing. Seller Inventory # LPB011472MV
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (English and Spanish Edition)
Published by
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982
ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0374106916I5N10
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (English and Spanish Edition)
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ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0374106916I3N10
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (English and Spanish Edition)
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ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Condition: Used: Very Good. VG+ book & jacket. P/o bookplate. Nice 1st printing. Seller Inventory # TP-03WB-SZNT
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
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ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. FICTION-This regular size hard cover is very good; edge worn and the endpapers have browned, vg- DJ is ruffled and spine faded. tan w/black lettering 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0.0. Seller Inventory # July3-13ahb7
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
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ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition/First Printing. Sharp and tight, appears unread. Tips bumped, spine a little sunned as usual. Price clipped. Seller Inventory # 043100
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (English and Spanish Edition)
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ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Condition: Very Good. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, nearly like new. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped. Seller Inventory # BAY_19_SH_070812
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (English and Spanish Edition)
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ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some foxing otherwise fine. Seller Inventory # 90900896
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
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ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Seller: Bill's Books, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Mylar-protected jacket has a small piece missing at the upper back jacket near the binding, as well as a few closed tears, and it is price-clipped. Binding straight, pages clean and unmarked. First Edition, third printing. This is my favorite novel of the author, who won the Nobel Prize. Seller Inventory # 012620
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
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ISBN 10: 0374106916
ISBN 13: 9780374106911
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: FRAYED & CHIPPED ( GOOD). LATTER PRINTING. Seller Inventory # 004048