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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
July 1, 1982
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374106911
ISBN-10
0374106916
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$17.50
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Love in the Time of Cholera | The Discreet Hero | The Feast of the Goat | The War of the End of the World | Conversation in the Cathedral | Conversation in the Cathedral
Love in the Time of Cholera | The Discreet Hero | The Feast of the Goat | The War of the End of the World | Conversation in the Cathedral | Conversation in the Cathedral
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
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
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Explores the tragicomic relationship between two artists and their material. While each feeds off the other, the narratives of Mario are nourished by the life around him, those of Camacho by the fantasies engendered by his disintegrating mind. The author's other works include "The Storyteller".
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (July 1, 1982)
9780374106911 | details & prices | List price $17.50
About: 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
About: 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
Paperback
With Helen R. Lane |
Reprint edition from Picador USA (October 2, 2007)
9780312427245 | details & prices | 384 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.76 lbs | List price $17.00
About: Mario falls in love with and and embarks on a secret love affair with his recently divorced Aunt Julia, scandalizing the town of Lima, Peru, while Mario's friend Pedro Camacho becomes more and more obsessed with the soap operas he writes.
About: Mario falls in love with and and embarks on a secret love affair with his recently divorced Aunt Julia, scandalizing the town of Lima, Peru, while Mario's friend Pedro Camacho becomes more and more obsessed with the soap operas he writes.
from Faber & Faber Ltd (March 1, 2001)
9780571203772 | details & prices | List price $22.01
About: Explores the tragicomic relationship between two artists and their material.
About: Explores the tragicomic relationship between two artists and their material.
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (September 1, 1995)
9780140248920 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $15.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
Reissue edition from Avon Books (April 1, 1986)
9780380700462 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $10.00
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