One day a friend brought me the book "HISTORIA DE MAYTA" by a certain Vargas Llosa wrapped in brown paper. He had 24 hours to read the secret book. It was the story of a homosexual guerrilla and his young subordinate. They were in love. There was no explicit sex. The writer later explained that homoerotic love between men was nothing more than a pretext to further marginalize the guerrilla. It was the first time I read anything about a homosexual guerrilla. Later in exile I was able to read his other books on the freedoms of a democratic country. Vargas Llosa was a friend of Gabriel García Márquez until an encounter gave him -Márquez- a resounding punch. However, this distancing did not occur only on a personal level, it also occurred on an ideological level, since after the arrest of the Cuban poet Huberto Padilla by the Cuban regime in 1971, a group of intellectuals decided to distance themselves from the Cuban Revolution. However, another group decided to continue supporting her. Vargas Llosa was in the first group, García Márquez in the second

 

   Un día una amiga me trajo envuelto en papel de estraza el libro “HISTORIA DE MAYTA” de un tal Vargas Llosa. Tenía 24 horas para leer el libro secreto. Era la historia de un guerrillero homosexual y su subalterno joven. Estaban enamorados. No había sexo explícito. El escritor explico  después que el amor homoerotico entre los hombres no era más que un pretexto para marginar más aun al guerrillero.

     Fue la primera vez que leí algo sobre un guerrillero homosexual.

   Después en el exilio pude leer sus otros libros en las libertades de un país democrático.

    Vargas Llosa fue amigo de Gabriel García Márquez hasta que un encuentro le propino- a Márquez- un sonoro puñetazo. Sin embargo, ese distanciamiento no se dio solamente en el plano personal, también se dio en el ideológico, ya que tras el arresto del poeta cubano Huberto Padilla por el régimen cubano, en 1971, un grupo de intelectuales decidieron marcar distancia de la Revolución cubana, no obstante, otro grupo decidió seguir apoyándola. Vargas Llosa estaba en el primer grupo, García Márquez en el segundo.

ORLANDO VICENTE ALVAREZ

CUBANO URUGUAYO GENIO--------------------------------------

One day a friend brought me the book "HISTORIA DE MAYTA" by a certain Vargas Llosa wrapped in brown paper. He had 24 hours to read the secret book. It was the story of a homosexual guerrilla and his young subordinate. They were in love. There was no explicit sex. The writer later explained that homoerotic love between men was nothing more than a pretext to further marginalize the guerrilla. It was the first time I read anything about a homosexual guerrilla. Later in exile I was able to read his other books on the freedoms of a democratic country. Vargas Llosa was a friend of Gabriel García Márquez until an encounter gave him -Márquez- a resounding punch. However, this distancing did not occur only on a personal level, it also occurred on an ideological level, since after the arrest of the Cuban poet Huberto Padilla by the Cuban regime in 1971, a group of intellectuals decided to distance themselves from the Cuban Revolution. However, another group decided to continue supporting her. Vargas Llosa was in the first group, García Márquez in the second