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Copyright © 1984 by Mario Vargas Llosa
Translation copyright © 1986 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.
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Originally published in Spanish as La historia de Mayta by
Editorial Seix Barral, S.A., Barcelona, in 1984
First published in 1986 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:

Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936.

The real life of Alejandro Mayta.

Translation of: La historia de Mayta.

1. Mayta, Alejandro-Fiction. I. Title.

PQ8498.32.A65H513    1985     863      85-20711

ISBN: 978-0-374-52555-2