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A Fish Out of Water

Mario Vargas Llosa

Translated by Helen Lane

‘A democracy, I said, is driven by the electoral process, and in elections there are victories and defeats.’

Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Peru in 1936. His most recent books in English include a novel, The Bad Girl, and Touchstones, a collection of essays on literature, art and politics.

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Translated by Helen Lane

Helen Lane was a translator of Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian literary works. She twice received the PEN translation prize. She died in 2004.

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