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Tours et détours de la vilaine fille
Tours et détours de la vilaine fille | Mario Vargas Llosa
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Que de tours et de malices chez cette «vilaine fille», toujours et tant aimée par son ami Ricardo, le «bon garçon». Ils se rencontrent pour la première fois au début des années cinquante, en pleine adolescence, dans l'un des quartiers les plus huppés de Lima, Miraflores. Joyeux, inconscients, ils font partie d'une jeunesse dorée qui se passionne pour les rythmes du mambo et ne connaît d'autre souci que les chagrins d'amour. Rien ne laissait alors deviner que celle qu'on appelait à Miraflores «la petite Chilienne» allait devenir, quelques années plus tard, une farouche guérillera dans la Cuba de Castro, puis l'épouse d'un diplomate dans le Paris des existentialistes, ou encore une richissime aristocrate dans le swinging London. D'une époque, d'un pays à l'autre, Ricardo la suit et la poursuit, comme le plus obscur objet de son désir. Et chaque fois, il ne la retrouve que pour la perdre. Et, bien entendu, ne la perd que pour mieux la rechercher. Il n'est jamais facile d'écrire l'histoire d'une obsession. Mais la difficulté est encore plus grande quand il s'agit d'une obsession amoureuse et quand l'histoire que l'on raconte est celle d'une passion. Mario Vargas Llosa avait déjà affronté ce défi par le passé dans La tante Julia et le scribouillard (1980), l'un de ses romans les plus populaires. Et voici qu'il le relève encore vingt-cinq ans plus tard et nous offre ce cadeau inattendu : une superbe tragi-comédie où éros et thanatos finissent par dessiner une autre Carte de Tendre entre Lima, Paris, Londres et Madrid. Car Tours et détours de la vilaine fille est bien cela : la géographie moderne d'un amour fou.
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dainarmb
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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â­ Full 1 star review on Goodreads. I was quite harsh but honestly, I don't think I'll read a worse book this year. Glad I got it out of the way! #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Oh no! At least it's off the shelf!! 4y
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dainarmb
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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It's been a while since I read a hardcover book, much less one that is as beautifully done as this one! #currentlyreading but once again, struggling with the attention span to retain interest.

To be fair, our protagonist is describing sex with his love interest and she does not seem at all interested. He is what the kids these days would call a "simp." ???â€â™€ï¸

Would you say this is a woman in a pretty dress on the cover?

#bookspin

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dainarmb
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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5 down, 31 to go! I'm #currentlyreading The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa and I'm not sure which prompt I'll file it under just yet.

My next library read is Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, which will fulfill number 4.
White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (#MountTBR) is my number 9 read.
Beartown by Fredrik Backman (#MountTBR) is number 10.

It's good to have goals at a time like this 😅💖📚

ChaoticMissAdventures Angie Thomas! My next read us On The Come Up. â¤ï¸ 4y
dainarmb @ChaoticMissAdventures that one was so different from The Hate U Give- I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it! 4y
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Abailliekaras
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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Pickpick

Catching up on #ReadJanuary and #DNF reminds me to review this one. I love Mario Vargas Llosa but I wasn't in the mood for the intricate detail when I picked this up. It's a pick on the basis of beautiful writing and an interesting story, but it's one I'll have to come back to. ðŸ˜

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sofiaga
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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I am starting this new audiobook. Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian writer and winner of the Nobel. Much of his work, including this piece have been translated.

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Faibka
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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Pickpick

Overall a good read but definitely not the best this author has to offer as compared to "Conversation in the Cathedral". Still, a great portrayal of two warped and dysfunctional personalities who seem to be linked by their own dysfunction rather than love, in my opinion. Great for a book club discussion about what love really means and the dark shapes the human persona can take

bibliobliss You sold this book to me! Now I wanna read it 😉 8y
Faibka @Readage great! Would love to see your review! 😄 8y
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Faibka
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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It's always nice to read with good company! 😸

Louise Based on all those post-its, it must be a very quotable book! 8y
Faibka @Louise I wish! This time the post its are for interesting paragraphs to discuss in a book club. The female character is a very disturbed individual and I'm hoping to have a good discussion about it 8y
Louise @Faibka Ah, hah! Post-its to back up discussion points! Also clever! 🤓 8y
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Faibka @Louise lol, thanks! I try 😠hope I don't get confused in the end with so many 8y
Louise @Faibka I have many books that look just the same! 😂😋👠8y
Faibka @Louise Me too! 😆 8y
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Faibka
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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So, the character here is enthusiastically saying that this is a "beautiful love story" (the story of the main character). It is interesting because a friend also said this book was about a love story. So far I disagree. I will say it is a great portrayal of two very dysfunctional individuals and the unhealthy relationship that can develop between them.

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Faibka
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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I can't recommend this author enough, so crucial not only for Hispanic literature but literature in general. His novel "Conversation in the Cathedral" is a literary masterpiece in both style and substance, a delight to any book lover, a gem of literature as an art form. Excited to see what I will find in this one.

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Abailliekaras
The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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I can't get into this at the moment (first 90 pages). I like the premise of the woman who keeps reappearing in disguise, and the earnest narrator... I loved the obsessive love theme in the Museum of Innocence, but this hasn't drawn me in yet. Might have to come back to it when I'm feeling more Peruvian!