by Manuel Puig · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432230714
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«Pubis Angelical» is the novel by Manuel Puig, published by Seix Barral in paperback (270 pages, in Spanish).
A sick woman in a clinic holds two planes: the real facts of her love life, which illuminate the Argentina of recent decades, and her unconscious fantasies, which range from Central Europe in the 1930s to Hollywood and the future, with echoes of science fiction and romance novels. In both beats a betrayed love and a used woman.
Work originally published in 1979; this 1990 edition belongs to the Biblioteca de Bolsillo collection.
For readers of contemporary Latin American fiction who appreciate the crossing of melodrama, popular culture, and formal experimentation.
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.
