Language as Protagonist : Tradition and Innovation in Bryce Echenique's Un mundo para Julius

Abstract

The first impression this novel creates is that it is tremendously enjoyable. Its length (591 closely-typed pages) is no obstacle to this; on the contrary, the world being created far Julius is so absorbing that we leave it with regret. The reader's pleasure springs largely from the fact that the novel appeals to three very basic human instincts: the urge to be tolda story, to be amused and to recognize our own world in that of art.