When it came to light that Isabel Preysler had begun a romantic relationship with the writer Mario Vargas-Llosa, the couple inevitably became the focus of hundreds of news stories, covers and conversations in media dedicated to the gossip press. .
They were two of the most prominent figures in the ‘jet-set’ world of our country, which is why their union and subsequent breakup caused an unprecedented media stir. When, after eight years of dating, it came to light that they had left him, the tabloid press tried to find out (without success) the motives and reasons that led to the breakup. However, both figures are characterized by their secrecy when it comes to talking about personal matters and their desire to focus on other issues in public life.
After a year and several months in which the situation has relaxed, the journalist Paloma Barrientos has decided to write a book (Queen of Hearts, a new updated version of her biography) that collects the latest events in the life of the mother of Tamara Falcó, among which is her relationship and breakup with the Peruvian Nobel Prize winner.
In this book it is narrated that Preysler told his version of the events through several journalist friends, who assured (with little documentary basis) that Vargas-Llosa was jealous and that for this reason he had decided to put an end to the relationship.
Barrientos points out in the publication that jealousy would be, if anything, one more reason for the separation, but that, as shown in a letter that Patricia Llosa had sent at the beginning of the relationship, another facet also had a lot to do with it. from the writer: ”More or less he told his new lover that he was a sentimental weather vane.”
In this new updated version of the socialite’s biography, the journalist talks about the endless communications that the Llosa family shared throughout the relationship between Preysler and the author, something that dynamited their bond and that worked as gasoline for the press: ”A war of communications that was the talk of the intellectual world and that served to fill reports on television programs and comments even in political gatherings on the radio with content.”
Among the different topics that he narrates in the book, Barrientos talks about the figure of Álvaro Vargas-Llosa and how he attacked the socialite of Filipino origin, but he also tells how a cover by Julio Iglesias increased the media stir around the breakup.
In the chapter of the book dedicated to the author of The City and the Dogs, The Bosses, The Puppies or Five Corners, you can see how ”two almost antagonistic beings” functioned for eight years and then ended their bond and never crossed a word again. , meeting or communication.
