Travesuras de la niña mala

by Mario Vargas Llosa

Las Travesuras de La Nina Mala <> Paperback <> arioVargasLlosa, <> Alfaguara

37 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 9, 2013

About the author

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa, more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa, was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the Spanish language and Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a more substantial international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. In 2010, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".
Vargas Llosa rose to international fame in the 1960s with novels such as The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros, 1963/1966), The Green House (La casa verde, 1965/1968), and the monumental Conversation in The Cathedral (Conversación en La Catedral, 1969/1975). He wrote prolifically across various literary genres, including literary criticism and journalism. His novels include comedies, murder mysteries, historical novels, and political thrillers. He won the 1967 Rómulo Gallegos Prize and the 1986 Prince of Asturias Award. Several of his works have been adopted as feature films, such as Captain Pantoja and the Special Service (1973/1978) and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1977/1982). Vargas Llosa's perception of Peruvian society and his experiences as a native Peruvian influenced many of his works. Increasingly, he expanded his range and tackled themes from other parts of the world. In his essays, Vargas Llosa criticized nationalism in different parts of the world.
Like many Latin American writers, Vargas Llosa was politically active. While he initially supported the Cuban revolutionary government of Fidel Castro, Vargas Llosa later became disenchanted with its policies, particularly after the imprisonment of Cuban poet Heberto Padilla in 1971, and later identified as a liberal and held anti-left-wing ideas. He ran for the presidency of Peru in 1990 with the center-right Frente Democrático coalition, advocating for liberal reforms, but lost the election to Alberto Fujimori in a landslide.
Vargas Llosa continued his literary career while advocating for right-wing activists and candidates internationally following his exit from direct participation in Peruvian politics. He was awarded the 1994 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1995 Jerusalem Prize, the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, the 2012 Carlos Fuentes International Prize, and the 2018 Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit. In 2011, Vargas Llosa was made the Marquess of Vargas Llosa by Spanish king Juan Carlos I. In 2021, he was elected to the Académie française.

Reviews

[Edith Adame · Rating 5 out of 5]

La niña mala me hizo reír, llorar, enojarme y enternecer hasta lo más profundo del alma. Mi novela favorita hasta ahora.

[Rosanna Nitsche · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dificil comentar este libro. No creo que sea una gran obra literaria, sin embargo está claramente escrito por un autor avezado que mantiene el ritmo, Ida muy bien el lenguaje y ha viajado mucho.
Una historia de esas que dan rabia y compasión a la vez. Una historia de amor infinito y del dolor que eso puede producir.
Me entretuvo y me tuvo leyendo sin parar.

[Nicolle · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿Amor u obsesión? Es increíble como Ricardo a pesar de ser consciente de que ese vínculo es peligroso y enfermizo, lo elige; elige ser condenado a amar a la peruanita para siempre sin importar nada🥹🥀
Esta novela es una montaña rusa de emociones, vale la pena leerla. Me encantó.

[Maria Eduarda Xavier · Rating 4 out of 5]

"how was it possible that seeing her again, after so long, left you so upset, Ricardito? because what i said was true: i was still crazy about her. it was only seeing her to recognize that, even though i knew that any relationship with the bad girl was doomed to failure, the only thing i really wanted in life, with the same passion that others dedicate to pursuing fortune, glory, success or power, it was her, with all her lies, her confusions, her selfishness and her disappearances. cheesy, without a doubt, but the truth is that until the following Friday i was cursing the slowness of the hours until the new meeting."

[...]

"i convinced her that her first loyalty isn't to other people, but to her own feelings."

is it possible to love someone deeply for so many years after so many encounters, disagreements, hurts and disappointments?

p.s.: ricardito é o personagem mais brega que eu já li em toda a minha vida (gostei)

[Monalisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Como hilo central de la novela se desarrolla la peculiar historia de amor entre Ricardo Somocurcio y la "niña mala". Se conocerán en Lima en la adolescencia y se reencontrarán en diversas ocasiones y escenarios a lo largo de sus vidas. Ricardo, el narrador, es el "niño bueno", vive en París, trabaja de traductor y su enamoramiento es casi obsesivo. Ella en cambio siempre pone en primer término sus intereses y ambiciones. La ambientación y el contexto histórico van variando a medida que pasan las páginas y los años. Me ha gustado especialmente como el autor intercala otros temas interesantes en la novela: narra parte de la historia de Perú, el Swinging London… todo ello gracias a los viajes de trabajo del protagonista y también al resto de personajes que aparecen y a sus historias, que hacen la lectura más amena. En resumen, aunque no puedo ser muy objetiva porque me encanta como escribe Vargas Llosa, es una lectura altamente recomendable. Muy buena.

[Charo Zoyo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente de principio a fin

[Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente libro, cualquier persona que se consideré "Migajera" lo amará, tanto como yo.

[Vanessa Martinez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó mucho, me atrapó completamente, lo que no me gustó fue que Ricardo no le lastimaba a la niña mala, solo la perdonaba, quería karma, venganza. Tampoco me gustó que muriera la niña mala..

[Karol Fernandez Cercado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro espectacular en mi opinión
Trata de dos jóvenes que se conocen en la adolescencia pero pasa algo en la vida de la chica, lo cual hace que se alejen, cuando Ricardo el protagonista vieja a París en donde siempre quizó pasar su vida.
La protagonista y Ricardo se vuelven a reencontrar van a pasar cosas 😱 es una tierna, misteriosa y problemática historia de amor, si esque se puede decir.

[Acidalessandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me demoré casi 90 páginas para engancharme ¡pero al menos lo hice!
🩵Me encantó la narrativa que te mantiene al vilo pensando ¿y ahora con qué va a salir la 'Niña Mala'? Pero debo admitir que a veces me desesperaba un poco mientras ese momento llegaba.
Me hubiera encantado que el nombre real de ella hubiera quedado a imaginación de la lectora. Pero bueno.
Creo que tuvo un buen cierre.

[Heber Cruz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Odisea de emociones, muy triste.