by Manuel Puig · Planeta Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432217272
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«El beso de la mujer araña» is the novel by Manuel Puig published by Planeta Publishing in paperback (287 pages, in Spanish).
During the Argentine military dictatorship, two prisoners share a cell in a Buenos Aires jail: a political activist and a homosexual. To cope with loneliness and the fear of torture, they talk endlessly; one recalls his past and fantasizes about the future, while the other takes refuge in a romantic, dreamy universe.
Originally published in 1976; in Booket's Novela collection it is number 2033.
For readers of Latin American fiction and contemporary classics interested in the Argentine dictatorship.
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.
