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Description edit
Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager known as “Lily” in Lima in 1950, when she arrives one summer out of the blue, claiming to be from Chile but vanishing the moment her claim is exposed as fiction. He loves her next in Paris, where she appears as the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ricardo Somocurcio: The protagonist. Also known as "the good boy"/ Ricardito.
- Lily: Ricardo's chilean friend from his childhood.
- Madame Robert Arnoux: French girl.
- Kuriko: Japanese girl.
- Comrade Arlette: Guerrilla fighter
- Paul: Ricardo's first friend from Paris.
- Yakuza Fukuda: Bad girl's lover from Japan. Business man.
- Juan Barreto: Ricardo's old friend from Peru. He lives in London and is a horse painter.
- Elena Gravoski: Ricardo's friend from Paris.
- Yilal Gravoski: Elena's adopted kid from Vietnam. He is believed to be mute.
- Marcella: Italian girl, Ricardo's last lover. A lot younger than Ricardo. Artist. Hippie.
- Alberto Lamiel: Ricardo's cousin. He graduated from MIT.
- Martine: The bad girl's employer.
- Lucy Solórzano Cajahuaringa: Peruan girl.
- Dr. André Zilacxy: Add a description of this character.
- Ben Barka
- Arquímedes
- Chicho Cánepa
- Aunt Dolores
- Charles spaniel
- Signor Ariosti
- Comandante Chacón
- Ilse
- Fernando Belaúnde Terry
- Dr. Pineau
- Alan García
- Esther
- Aunt Alberta
- Juan Velasco Alvarado
- Mario Muchnik
- Guillermo Lobatón
- Dragoman
- Dr. Roullin
- Marirosa Álvarez-Calderón
- Dr. Rotkof
- Dr. Ataúlfo Lamiel
- Mrs. Stubard
- Simon
- Salomón Toledano
- Monsieur Robert Arnoux
- Mr. David Richardson
- Señor Charnés
- Aunt Adriana
- Otilita
- Bourrichon
- Mrs. Richardson
- Avenida Larco
- Mr. Patrick Chick
- Víctor Almeda
- Alfonso
- Mitsuko
- Paúl
- Comrade Jean
- Carmencita
- Elena cook
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- Peru
- London
- Tokyo
- Lima
- France
- Newmarket
- Cuba
- Europe
- Alberta
- Madrid
- Japan
- Lagos
- England
- Petit Clamart
- Spain
- Hopital Cochin
- United States
- Chim Pum Callao
- Vienna
- Africa
- Saint-germain
- Santiago
- Rome
- Cuzco
- Seoul
- Hotel Du Senat
- Germany
- Berlin
- Switzerland
- Chile
- Italy
- Korea
- Frankfurt
- Latin America
- Vietnam
- Lavapies
- Asia
- Helsinki
- Moscow
- Alexandria
First Sentence edit
That was a fabulous summer.
Table of Contents edit
1. Little chilean girls
2. The guerrilla fighter
3. Horse painter in swinging London
4. The translator from Chateu Meguru
5. The kid with no voice
6. Arhimede, dyke builder
7. Marcella in Lavapies
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mario Vargas Llosa (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Spanish
Publisher: Alfaguara
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 9707704667
Page Count: 376
Publisher: Alfaguara
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 9707704667
Page Count: 376
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 863.7
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Untranslated › Spanish
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( V ) › Vargas Llosa, Mario
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Latin American
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Foreign Language Fiction › Spanish
- Books › Romance › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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