by Manuel Puig · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432220098
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«Boquitas pintadas» is the novel by Manuel Puig, published by Seix Barral in paperback (258 pages, in Spanish).
The novel reconstructs the loves of Juan Carlos Etchepare, a ladies' man of the 1930s marked by tuberculosis, with three women from an Argentine town: Mabel, Nené and Elsa. In the form of a serial and with a fragmented style, it mixes melodrama and parody of sentimental clichés and portrays pettiness, passions and social conventions between 1934 and 1968.
This 1984 edition belongs to the Literatura Contemporánea collection from Seix Barral (no. 17). The novel was originally published in 1969.
A classic of twentieth-century Argentine literature, present in school curricula and recommended for those who enjoy Latin American narrative.
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne, commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author and LGBTQ activist. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth, Boquitas pintadas, and El beso de la mujer araña which was adapted into the film released in 1985, directed by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco; and a Broadway musical in 1993.
