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Gabriel Barrios vive en Lima y se escapa de vez en cuando a Miami, a sus orgias de shopping. Es un amoral hijo maldito de la burguesi­a acomodada; el chico famoso de la tele, el unico que en una de sus imprevisibles entrevistas se atrevio a llamar loco a un presidente de la republica. Tambien es gay, aunque no le son indiferentes las chicas guapas. Una noche Gabriel conoce a Mariano, el li­der de un grupo musical poco conocido, y piensa que quizas no sea imposible ser gay y feliz, y vivir en Lima. Ironica e irreverente, la novela esta escrita con un deslumbrante oi­do para todas las jergas y los idiomas de la calle, en un riqui­simo y crepitante castellano que se constituye en autentico protagonista de la novela.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #311483 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-15
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 189 pages

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• ISBN13: 9788433966360
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
Simplemente excepcional --El Pais

About the Author
Jaime Bayly (Lima, 1965) ha trabajado como presentador de television en Lima, Santo Domingo y Miami. Esta considerado como uno de los mas atractivos narradores jovenes de la literatura hispanoamericana. Premio Herralde de Novela.

Customer Reviews

Along the same lines as his other novels
This one like most of his novels reveals themes such as: homosexuality, an inner view of the upper class in Peru and a basic overview of the difficulty one experiences living in a typical Latin American city laden with poverty, crime, filth, drugs (cocaine) and people who live on the street at best with very little hope for the future. In comparison to two of his previous novels- No se lo digas a nadie and Fue ayer y no me acuerdo, this book is the most serene of the three but deals with the same issues. The characters are well developed and Gabriel, the protagonist is a typical Jaime Bayly character. He is gay and suffers throughout the novel due to the fact that his desires are repressed and, as result is frustrated and struggles with his family, life etc. There is satirical humor throughout this novel and is carefully revealed through the dialogue and local jargon.

La noche es virgen is an easy read and if you like Jaime B's style of literature you may find the book excellent to read. Personally, I thought the book was good but Jaime B needs to diversify. All his books have the same principal themes (even the newer ones such as La mujer de mi hermano). He is a great author of contemporary Spanish literature but needs to move on. Also I found the book hard to read because there are no capitals.

Patetico pero sencillamente extraordinario!
La Noche es Virgen es una obra maestra de Jaime Bayly. El libro es espeluznante, interesante, muy comico. Su abundancia en grocerias populares nos hacen recordar con carino los hermosos barrios de la Lima que se fue y por supuesto, a nuestra juventud en un pais tercer mundista que esta lleno de acomplejados y mediocres que nunca saldran adelante. Digo esto ya que estuve leyendo las criticas destructivas de aquellos lectores que poseen un vocabulario muy fluido y lo utilizan para aplastar a sus semejantes, a esos gusanos me refiero. La Noche es Virgen es un gran libro para todos los lectores con mente muy abierta.

Ultimately rather self-indulgent and silly
....I enjoyed reading this novel in Spanish, and while I have still a lot to learn, I could understand the writing and the style quite easily. While the writing is often witty and humorous, the shallowness and selfishness of the protagonists began to grate and I found myself losing interest in them and their fate. Maybe Jaime Bayly could write something less (apparently) autobiographical and self-indulgent, and find a different topic (gay themes are great, but accounts of gay life alone are not enough for a great novel)- in my opinion.