A Fish in the Water (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Time of Work: 1936-1990
- Setting: Peru
- Principal Characters: Mario Vargas Llosa, Ernesto J. Vargas, Aunt Julia, Patricia, Alan García, Alberto Fujimori
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
- Subjects: Politics, Socialism, Race, Abused persons, Authors or writers, Literature, Autobiography, Religion, Poverty or poor people, Catholics or Catholic Church, Presidents, South America or South Americans, Peru or Peruvians
- Locales: Peru
In August, 1987, Mario Vargas Llosa suddenly found himself popular enough to consider running for president of Peru. He had published an essay, “Towards a Totalitarian Peru,” in the El objecting to the government’s recently declared intention to nationalize businesses, and an unexpected outpouring of public support for his position led him to consider entering politics. He believed that free-market economic reform could save Peru from its declining fortunes, so he energetically set about creating a plan for governing from his principle. He campaigned for three years, forming his...
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