by Manuel Puig · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432241000
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Manuel Puig's last novel, 'Cae la noche tropical,' offers an original look at female friendship, vindicating gossip as a literary tool. Set in Rio de Janeiro in the mid-1980s, two Argentine sisters evoke the past and discuss the loves of an exiled neighbor. The moving and funny dialogues of these old women reveal how the stories of simple hearts can be melodramas in themselves. With his mastery of colloquial dialogue and the mimicry of expressive clichés, Puig elevates gossip to the category of literature, showing the truth in the material of the pink novel.
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.
