Translated to Arabic, 'Historia de Mayta' , (1984. translated to English as The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta), a novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa (b. 1936). 'an astute psychological portrait of a modern revolutionary and a searching account of an old friend's struggle to understand him. First published in English in 1986, the novel probes the long and checkered history of radical politics in Latin America.' (From English Edition)