Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
- Non-Fiction
- Planeta Pub Corp
- ISBN: 9788432206795
- Release Date: 01-01-1970
-Reviewed by: Lluís Agustí

Mario Vargas Llosa relates his childhood, adolescent and young adulthood memories, alternating chapter by chapter, with his experiences as a candidate for the presidency of Peru, as wells as his justifications for said candidacy. Apart from the brilliant and precise style for which he is known, the work offers the added incentive of discovering those personal experiences which informed novels such as La ciudad y los perros (The City and the Dogs) The Green House (La casa verde), and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (La tía Julia y el escribidor).