by Alfredo Bryce Echenique · Plaza & Janés Editores, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401428708
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«Un mundo para Julius» is the novel by Peruvian writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (426 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Julius, a child from Lima's high society in the 1950s, and shows through his eyes the world of privileges, hypocrisies, and contradictions of a declining Peruvian aristocracy. The narrative combines humor and satire to portray social inequalities and the conventions of Lima at the time.
The work was originally published in 1970; this edition appeared in 1993 in the Ave Fénix collection, number 177/1.
A classic of Latin American literature, for readers interested in Peruvian narrative and coming-of-age novels.
Alfredo Marcelo Bryce Echenique was a Peruvian writer. He wrote numerous books and short stories; he is best known for his 1970 work A World for Julius. At the time of his death, he was considered to be the last living representative of the Latin American Boom, although he has also been categorized as being part of post-boom literature.
