Mala onda
| Author | Alberto Fuguet |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mala onda |
| Translator | Kristina Cordero |
| Country | Chile |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Bildungsroman |
| Publisher | Planeta (1992) St. Martin's Press (1997 English translation) |
Publication date | November 1991 |
Published in English | April 1997 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 308 (1997 St. Martin's Press translation) |
| ISBN | 978-0-312-15059-4 |
| OCLC | 35657888 |
| 863.20 | |
| LC Class | PQ8098.16.U48 M313 1997 |
| Followed by | Tinta roja |
Mala onda (English: Bad Vibes) is a bildungsroman novel and social commentary by Alberto Fuguet. It is also Fuguet's debut novel, first published in 1991.
Mala onda is set in Chile during a ten-day period in late 1980, around the time of the Chilean constitutional referendum. The protagonist is Matías Vicuña, a maladjusted, upper class, 17-year-old boy who is jaded and frustrated by what he perceives as the folly and blandness of his family and peers.
The novel examines the Chilean emulation of North American consumerism, in the context of a growing opposition to the dictatorial rule of Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
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