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Critical analysis this essay will explore a close reading of kiss of the spider woman by manuel puig, i will critically analyse specific sections of the text looking at the formal and thematic characteristics of post modern and contemporary literature, not only will i study the stereotypical techniques used in postmodernism and contemporary literature but. It is generally considered puigs most successful work. Exiled from argentina, he settled in new york city in 1963. Kiss of the spider woman by manuel puig fantastic fiction. View the tcmdb entry for kiss of the spider woman 1985. Manuel puig is the acclaimed author of many novels, including betrayed by rita hayworth, kiss of the spider woman, and the buenos aires affair.
Kiss of the spider woman, the 1976 spanishlanguage novel by argentine writer manuel puig, is a landmark novel that has continued to remain significant. Manuel puigs 1976 novel kiss of the spider woman is, on the surface, the story of an unlikely friendship that develops between the two protagonists. In manuel puigs novel kiss of the spider woman, luis alberto molina, a hairdresser, and valentin arregui paz, a marxist revolutionary, are roommates in a buenos aires prison from september to october of 1975. Somehow, though, i knew there was a great story there. Publication date 1978 topics prisoners, gay men publisher new york, n. Kiss of the spider woman by manuel puig kiss of the spider woman spanish.
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