by Manuel Puig · Quetzal Dist. Bertrand · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789725647950
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«Boquitas pintadas» is the novel by Manuel Puig published by Quetzal in paperback, in Portuguese.
It recreates the Buenos Aires of 1934 in a tale of tango, love and death. Conceived as a serial, it uses letters, diaries and magazine clippings to recount the life of Juan Carlos Etchepare and his relationships with several women, showing the social hypocrisy and repressed desires of the era.
Work originally published in 1969; this Portuguese edition by Quetzal dates from 2009 and bears the subtitle «Buenos Aires, 1934: Tango, Amor e Morte».
For readers who value experimental narrative and stories of passion set in the Buenos Aires of the 1930s.
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.
