by Manuel Puig · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432250057
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«El beso de la mujer araña» is the novel by Manuel Puig published by Seix Barral in paperback (287 pages, in Spanish).
In an Argentine prison, Valentín, a political activist, and Molina, a homosexual who escapes through cinema, share a cell. Molina narrates to Valentín films of mysterious women who love the wrong man; from that dialogue arises an inner transformation in which identity, sexuality, love and politics intertwine.
The novel was originally published in 1976. It was adapted to film in 1985, directed by Héctor Babenco, and to musical theatre in 1993.
For readers of Latin American fiction and LGBT themes; also common reading in schools and universities.
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.
