by Manuel Puig · Círculo de Lectores, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422629184
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«Cae la noche tropical» is the novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (228 pages, in Spanish).
The novel focuses on two elderly Argentine sisters living in Rio de Janeiro who review their lives, love and old age. Through their conversations, loneliness, memory and the lives of neighbours emerge, in contrast with a nocturnal city.
Last novel by Manuel Puig (1932-1990), published in 1989. The Círculo de Lectores edition includes an illustrated dust jacket.
Recommended for readers of Latin American fiction and novels centred on memory and old age.
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.
