When she arrived in the city of Córdoba, Argentina, to study at the university, Camila Sosa Villada went one night, scared to death, to spy on the transvestites in Sarmiento Park. There she found her first place of belonging in the world.

Las malas is a group portrait, a rite of passage, a chronicle unlike any other. Its DNA combines two facets that society has historically rejected: transvestite fury and the celebration of being a transvestite. The author narrates the life of a transvestite community in a hostile urban environment from within.

Translated into more than twenty languages, the novel has received awards such as the 2020 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, the 2020 Finestres de Narrativa Prize, and the 2021 Grand Prix de l'Héroïne Madame Figaro Prize.

About the author

Camila Sosa Villada (Córdoba, Argentina, 1982) studied Social Communication and Theater at the National University of Córdoba. In 2009, she premiered her first show, Carnes tolendas, a stage portrait of a transvestite . She is the author of the poems La novia de Sandro (2015), the stories Soy una tonta por quererte (I Am a Fool for Loving You ) (2022), and the novels Las malas (2020) and Tesis sobre una domesticación (Thesis on a Domestication) (2024).

Book details:

• Written by: Camila Sosa Villada
• Publisher: TUSQUETS
• Publication date: June 9, 2020
• Spanish
• Softcover: 240 Pages
• Weight: 354 g
• Dimensions: 14.8 x 1.6 x 22.5 cm
• ISBN-13: 978-8490668061