El beso de la mujer araña [Paperback]

Manuel Puig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 4, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0679755454 | ISBN-13: 978-0679755456 | Edition: 1. ed. Vintage espanol

"Kiss of the Spider Woman" is a sharply provocative tale of love, victimization, and fantasy, and of the friendship that develops between two strikingly different men imprisoned together in a Latin American jail.

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La obra mas conocida de Manuel Puig, "el brillantemente inventivo novelista argentino" (The New York Times), es ahora el tema de una premiada comedia musical.

El Beso De La Mujer Arana es una elegante y fascinante novela sobre el amor y la victimizacion. En una carcel argentina, dos hombres comparten una celda: Molina, un disenador de escaparates homosexual que es egoista, auto-denigrante y al mismo tiempo encantador; y Valentin, un revolucionario articulado y ferozmente dogmatico obsesionado con la memoria de la mujer que abandono por la causa. Ambos son gradualmente transformados por su cautelosa pero creciente amistad y por la obsesion de Molina con la fantasia y el romance del cine.

"Es su maestria sobre el argumento, contra-argumento y las intrigas de sus personajes -- y las suyas propias -- lo que eleva a Puig al circulo de sus iguales (Borges y Garcia Marquez)." --Washington Post Book World

Language Notes

Text: Spanish

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Vintage; 1. ed. Vintage espanol edition (October 4, 1994)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0679755454
• ISBN-13: 978-0679755456
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buena literatura y fácil de leer, July 6, 2011

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Yoselyn Infante - See all my reviews

This review is from: El beso de la mujer araña (Paperback)

Me ha dejado tan impresionada esta novela que luego fui a averiguar quien era Manuel Puig, así me enteré que siempre quiso ser guionista para la televisión y que su literatura se considera postboom (refiriéndose al boom literario latinoamericno).

Se aprecia su deseo de ser guionista porque la novela es practicamente en diálogo, incluso sin identificar al personaje.

El plot y los subplots se enlazan armonicamente.

Las notas al pie es un elemento que distrae algo, según mi punto de vista.

3.0 out of 5 stars It's entertaining; a good beach read, March 17, 2011

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E. Sitrin "teacher" (los angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El beso de la mujer araña (Paperback)

This book is entertaining enough for me to recommend reading it. Don't expect outstanding writing, but do take the time to read it (it doesn't take long). Molina is an endearing character, the movie subplots are interesting, and there are just enough changes in the story to keep you wondering. The footnotes do get annoying, but remember this was written in the 70s when they were necessary...plus, you really don't need to read them at all.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. It changed some of my perceptions., July 7, 2002

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S. Hernandez (Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El beso de la mujer araña (Paperback)

I used to be a little prejudiced, but after reading this book I decided to stop being judgamental. Everybody has a good reason for being a certain way.
On the other hand, this book is magistrally written. It is easy to read and it is also very different, written in the format of a theatre play.Highly recommend it.