by Alfredo Bryce Echenique · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401428722
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«El hombre que hablaba de Octavia de Cádiz» is the novel by Alfredo Bryce Echenique, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (374 pages, in Spanish).
Martín Romaña, a Peruvian professor in Nanterre, claims to have been loved by Octavia de Cádiz. Florence, Octavia's sister, tells him the story, and Octavia breaks up with her three suitors to study with Martín. Between Martín and Octavia, a story of love and disillusionment is born.
Second installment of the diptych «Cuaderno de navegación en un sillón Voltaire», continuing the adventures of Martín Romaña begun in «La vida exagerada de Martín Romaña».
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.
