by Manuel Puig · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432216145
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«El beso de la mujer araña» is the novel by Manuel Puig published by Seix Barral in paperback, with 286 pages, in Spanish.
In a Buenos Aires prison, during the Argentine military dictatorship, Valentín, a political activist, and Molina, a homosexual man who takes refuge in his memories of movies, share a cell. Through their long conversations a complex bond emerges; the novel interweaves political and sexual repression with reflections on identity and freedom.
The author, Manuel Puig, was an Argentine writer; the novel was originally published in 1976 and this edition is from 2003.
For readers interested in Argentine narrative and in stories that interweave the intimacy of two prisoners with criticism of political repression.
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.
