Travesuras de la niña mala / The Bad Girl (Paperback)

from tcw

this was fun, an interesting study of how Llosa looks back at the world from this age he's grown to, more so than a great story or a flawless book. The story follows a man through his adult life and his association with, well, a Bad Girl. I found the scenes set in his early adulthood a bit contri...

from

This novel's first-person narrator is one Ricardo Somocurcio, whom we accompany from his teenage years in 1950s Lima, when he dreams of settling down in Paris, throughout later decades when, his dream achieved, he works as an interpreter in the French capital and around the world. The real protag...

from AHS-Wolfy

From the age of 15 when Ricardo first meets the titular bad girl he falls utterly and hopelessly in love. Just when he's sure that she will acquiesce to his advances events transpire that she disappears from his life. Leaving Peruvian life behind, Ricardo pursues his other dream of living in Pari...

from lkothari

"The Bad Girl" and her interruptions of the main character's life make for a fascinating read. The book traces their relationship over a lifetime, sometimes jumping ahead several years. I love Llosa and his writing evokes all the emotions--sadness, annoyance, happiness--without making you want to...

from summerinabaddon

The Bad Girl is a thrilling ride through many countries and many decades. Ricardo first meets The Bad Girl as a young Chilean girl named Lily and immediately falls in love. However, he finds out later that she is not Chilean or named Lily and she disappears from his life. Many years later he runs...