by Jaime Bayly · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422672074
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«La noche es virgen» is a novel by Peruvian writer Jaime Bayly, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (201 pages, in Spanish).
Gabriel Barrios is a young man from Lima known for television who moves between Lima and Miami, trapped between desire and disenchantment. One night he meets Mariano, singer of a rock group performing at the Cielo nightclub; that encounter leads him to question whether it is possible to be gay and be happy in Lima.
Originally published in 1997, it won the Herralde Novel Prize.
Recommended for readers of contemporary Hispanic American fiction and for those seeking stories about identity, desire, and double standards.
Jaime Bayly Letts is a Peruvian writer, journalist, and television personality. He has won an Emmy Award and two of his books have been adapted into international movies. He also won the Premio Herralde in 1997 for his novel La Noche es Virgen, a major literary award in the world of Spanish literature that has been granted to writers such as Roberto Bolaño, Mariana Enriquez, and Enrique Vila-Matas.
