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Since it is impossible to know what's really happening, we Peruvians lie, invent, dream and take refuge in illusion. Because of these strange circumstances, Peruvian life, a life in which so few actually do read, has become literary.

Source: The narrator, in The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, ch. 9 (1984; tr. 1986).
-- Mario Vargas Llosa, (Mar 28 1936-____), Peruvian writer; His commitment to social change is evident in his novels, plays, and essays; was an unsuccessful candidate for president of Peru in 1990.

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