I write that I am writing."
A character in this novel recovers from the trauma of running over a little girl when a psychiatrist convinces him that he hates children. Another character in this novel declares that he will steal a typewriter, but then asks its owners for help when he cannot lift it. A doctor in this novel tries to resolve a crisis when he learns that his nephew and niece are in love with each other; those two relatives later have lunch in a boarding house in Lima before an earthquake kills them in one of this novel's ten sub-narratives. This novel begins with the epigraph "I write. I write that I am writing." Its protagonist starts a love affair with a matronly relative as insanity grips Pedro Camacho, an overworked creator of radio shows. For 10 points, name this semi-autobiographical novel by Mario Vargas Llosa.
A character in this novel recovers from the trauma of running over a little girl when a psychiatrist convinces him that he hates children.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter [or La tÃ­a Julia y el escribidor]