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Title details for Bad Girls by Camila Sosa Villada - Available

Bad Girls

by Camila Sosa Villada
Kit Maude - Translator
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Gritty and unflinching, yet also tender, fantastical, and funny, a trans woman's coming-of-age tale about finding a community among fellow outcasts.
Camila Sosa Villada's extraordinary first novel is a rich, nuanced portrait of a marginalized community: their romantic relationships, friendships and squabbles, difficulties at work, aspirations and disappointments. It bears witness to these lives constantly haunted by the specter of death—by disease or more violent means at the hands of customers, boyfriends, or the police—yet full of passion, empathy, and insight.
Born in the small Argentine town of Mina Clavero, Camila is designated male but begins to identify from an early age as a girl. She is well aware that she's different from other children and reacts to her oppressive, poverty-stricken home life, with a cowed mother and abusive, alcoholic father, by acting out—with swift consequences. Deeply intelligent, she eventually leaves for the city to attend university, slipping into prostitution to make ends meet. And in Sarmiento Park, in the heart of Córdoba, she discovers the strange, wonderful world of the trans sex workers who dwell there.
Taken under the wing of Auntie Encarna, the 178-year-old eternal whose house shelters this unconventional extended family, Camila becomes a part of their stories—of a Headless Man who fled his country's wars, a mute young woman who transforms into a bird, an abandoned baby boy who brings a twinkle to your eye.

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    September 6, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781667073781
      • File size: 176868 KB
      • Duration: 06:08:27

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Born in the small Argentinian village of Mina Clavero, Camila has always lived her life on the fringes of society. Identifying as a "transvesti," a transgender woman, she grew up in a bitterly poor, abusive home with an alcoholic father. Seeking escape, Camila attends university while supporting herself through sex work in C�rdoba, where she discovers a magical community of fellow transvesti. Villada's first novel to be translated into English is a gritty yet beautiful look at the reality of living as a transvesti in a society that both desires and abhors trans people. Sena Bryer's narration is wistful and piercing, effectively portraying this world, which is full of sharp edges, violence, and hope. Though many of the passages are terribly sad and difficult to hear, a strand of magical realism runs throughout, leaving listeners with a glimmer of hope. The author's biography at the end provides listeners with an idea of the history and events that inspired the novel. VERDICT A tough, but tender tale that gives listeners an unsparing and necessary look into the world of trans sex workers in Argentina. An important addition to any public library collection.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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