Kiss of the Spider Woman
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009BK4FY2
Publish date: September 1st 2010
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Plays,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American,
Glbt,
Queer,
Latin American Literature,
Fiction
Written almost completely in dialogues & footnotes. Tragic & beautiful.
Many years ago I devoured this fascinating love story set in a brutal reality. Recommended. Very much so.
"Dove ti fa male?""Dentro il petto, e in gola.. Chisà perché la tristezza si sente sempre lì?"
Kiss of the Spider Woman (or El Beso de la Mujer Arena) by Argentine writer Manuel Puig (pronounced Pooch) is the first Argentinian novel I’ve read. The novel is set during Argentina’s Dirty War (or just before it?) and deals mainly of the relationship between two contrasting prisoners sharing cell ...
I still remember when I first heard about this book. I was in my last year of high school and a friend was reading it as part of an essay for English class. I remember hearing her rave about how great it was and she let me read the back cover while we sat in a free period. She let me borrow it on...
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