Mario Vargas Llosa, novelist, Peruvian, is a word painter, an artist of consummate skill, capable of simultaneous intimate ecstasy and detached observation, skill that constantly surprises, titillates and intensifies. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter is a novel that details how an eighteen year old writer of hack news stories develops relationships with his aunt and, yes, a scriptwriter, both of whom happen to be Bolivian. Auth Julia is an aunt by definable and identifiable, but non-bloodline association. At least there is still some decency! She is a divorce, not a Peruvian what would you expect, then? and attractive to boot. She is also conquerable. She is a passionate older woman old enough to be his mother! (Read the full post about ‘Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa’…)