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13%OFFManuel Puig - Kiss of the Spider Woman: The Queer Classic Everyone Should Read - 9781784877781 - 9781784877781
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Kiss of the Spider Woman: The Queer Classic Everyone Should Read

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Description for Kiss of the Spider Woman: The Queer Classic Everyone Should Read Paperback. *Sometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re-weaves the glittering and fragile stories of the film he loves, and the cynical Valentin listens. Valentin believes in the just cause which makes all suffering bearable; Molina believes in the magic of love which makes all else endurable. Each has always been alone, and always - especially now - in danger of betrayal. But in cell 7 each surrenders to the other something of himself that he has never surrendered before.

Valentin and Molina seemingly share little other than a cell in this queer classic ahead of its time.

'Dazzling... a triumph' Observer

Sometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their Buenos Aires prison cell, Molina re-weaves the glittering and fragile stories of the film he loves, and the cynical Valentin listens. Valentin believes in the just cause that makes all suffering bearable; Molina believes in the magic of love that makes all else endurable.

Though they seemingly share little other than a cell, the two form a bond so intimate - and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784877781
SKU
9781784877781
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About Manuel Puig
Manuel Puig was born in 1932 in a small town in the Argentine pampas. He studied philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires, and in 1956 won a scholarship from the Italian Institute in Buenos Aires and chose to pursue studies in film direction at the Cinecitta in Rome. There he worked in films until 1962, when he began to ... Read more

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