The Bad Girl - Softcover

Mario Vargas Llosa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312428553 ISBN 13: 9780312428556

Publisher: University of Science and Technology of China Press, 2008

Synopsis

Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date :2008-10-28 Pages: 309 Publisher: China University of Science and Technology Press From Publishers Weekly Veteran Peruvian novelist Vargas Llosas appealing. nostalgic latest opens in the summer of 1950. as Ricardo Slim Somocurcio. a rambunctious teen in the affluent Miraflores section of Lima. meets 14-year-old nymph Lily. With her younger sister. Lily is masquerading as a wealthy. liberated Chilean girl to disguise her slum origins. She is soon exposed by a jealous schoolmate and disappears. but Ricardo is smitten. There are dashes of Vertigo and Last Year at Marienbad in what follows. As an adult. Ricardos work as a translator for UNESCO takes him over the decades everywhere from late 50s Paris to the Beatless London to gangland Tokyo. Everywhere he goes. his bad girl shows up in dramatically different disguises. denying she was his chi...

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About the Author:

With novels including The War of the End of the World, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto and The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa has established an international reputation as one of the Latin America's most important authors.

From Publishers Weekly:

Veteran Peruvian novelist Vargas Llosa's appealing, nostalgic latest opens in the summer of 1950, as Ricardo Slim Somocurcio, a rambunctious teen in the affluent Miraflores section of Lima, meets 14-year-old nymph Lily. With her younger sister, Lily is masquerading as a wealthy, liberated Chilean girl to disguise her slum origins. She is soon exposed by a jealous schoolmate and disappears, but Ricardo is smitten. There are dashes of Vertigo and Last Year at Marienbad in what follows. As an adult, Ricardo's work as a translator for UNESCO takes him over the decades everywhere from late '50s Paris to the Beatles's London to gangland Tokyo. Everywhere he goes, his bad girl shows up in dramatically different disguises, denying she was his childhood sweetheart or that they've ever met before, but ravishing him completely. None of the characters is particularly nuanced, but Vargas Llosa is a master of description, and his gift for evoking sounds, smells and tastes makes each (often very graphic) encounter with Lily fresh. And with Ricardo's knack for being where the action is, whole scenes of the postwar period flare into view, as Lily's sexual perfidy eventually leads to serious trouble. The result is rich but not in the least deep. (Oct.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: University of Science and Technology of China Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0312428553
• ISBN 13: 9780312428556
• Binding: Perfect Paperback