What Vargas Llosa silenced in his fable about his life in Villa Meona: butler, creams and the condemnation of Viagra

Many singers have confessed that their songs are inspired by situations that happen to them in real life, and if they don’t tell Shakira and his Session 53 in which he talks about breaking up with Pique. In the same way, it is understood that his own biography influences the writers. In this context, The windsa tale of Mario Vargas Llosahas been interpreted as a confession by the author about what his romance with Isabella Preysler.

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It should be remembered that the Nobel Prize and the mother of Tamara Falco They broke off their relationship last December amid rumors of his jealousy and an alleged desire by his entourage to discredit Preysler.

In The windswhich was published in the literary magazine free letters in 2021, and by then went unnoticed by the general public, the protagonist is an elderly man who lives in the same neighborhood in the center of Madrid where the writer has his penthouse, and who longs for the 20th century and its convictions: the religion, culture, intellectual elevation.

In addition, he makes a confession about the feeling of guilt he has for “abandoning” Carmencita, the one who was his wife, and who curiously shares the first name with the mother of his children, Patricia: “I remember very well about Carmencita, my wife for many years (…). Every night, it seems incredible, since I committed the madness of leaving her I think of her and remorse assails me. I think I only did one thing bad in life: abandoning Carmencita for a woman who wasn’t worth it”.

The day to day of the protagonist with his girl in the mansion they share was not at all appetizing for him. “For now, I don’t have ‘a house’ but a tiny room with its bathroom, and, secondly, my computer is almost as small as an old book. Your argument is not valid for me.” Villa Meona did not seem to be a comfortable place for Vargas Llosa and that he had a butler at his disposal, as Pilar Vidal assures in ABC.

In the letter, there is no lack of references to his sexual life: “The last time I made love without chemical help was about ten years ago, I think, or around there, it seems to me. (…) I am not speaking for myself, of course But a lot of people who must be around my age still enjoy making love, even though I’m not part of it.”

The man in the story is also surprised by his girlfriend’s great concern about taking care of her skin with cosmetics: “When I asked them why they worried so much about creams, ointments, makeup, I noticed that they were uncomfortable, as if I had violated a intimate terrain. After a very long pause, one of them murmured: ‘Our body is sacred and we must take care of it.’ For them, truly, what is sacred are perfume shops and pharmacies”. His criticisms are not understood when the Peruvian uses creams every day before going to bed. “What he doesn’t wear is perfume because he says he has an allergy and a very delicate complexion,” says Vidal.