Manuel Puig





Manuel Puig

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born
December 28, 1932 in General Villegas, Argentina

died
July 22, 1990

gender
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Manuel Puig (born Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne) was an Argentinian author. Among his best known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (1968) (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth), Boquitas pintadas (1969) (Heartbreak Tango), and El beso de la mujer araña (1976) (Kiss of the Spider Woman), which was made into a film by the Argentine-Brazilian Director, Héctor Babenco and in 1993 into a Broadway musical.


Average rating: 3.88 · 3,748 ratings · 273 reviews · 42 distinct works
Kiss of the Spider Woman
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 2,669 ratings — published 1976 — 44 editions
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Boquitas Pintadas
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1969 — 27 editions
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Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1968 — 21 editions
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Eternal Curse on the Reader...
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1980 — 11 editions
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The Buenos Aires Affair
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1973 — 12 editions
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Pubis Angelical
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1979 — 14 editions
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Tropical Night Falling
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions
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Blood Of Requited Love
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 36 ratings6 editions
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
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Querida Familia :
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings2 editions
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“The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.


Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Two Other Plays

“--¿Qué es ser hombre, para vos?
--Es muchas cosas, pero para mí... bueno, lo más lindo del hombre es eso, ser lindo, fuerte, pero sin hacer alharaca de fuerza, y que va avanzando seguro. Que camine seguro, como mi mozo, que hable sin miedo, que sepa lo que quiere, adonde va, sin miedo de nada.”
Manuel Puig

“Su piel blanca, que no me digan que el blanco es la falta de color, porque es el color más hermoso y es el color de la pureza, y por supuesto que el blanco no es la falta de color: los profesores de física han descubierto a todo el mundo que en un copo de nieve, alineados en un blanco inmaculado están ocultos sin embargo el violeta de los lirios, o sea la tristeza, la melancolía, pero también está presente el azul que significa la calma de contemplar reflejado en un charco de la calle el cielo que nos espera, porque el azul está al lado del verde que es la límpida esperanza, y después viene el amarillo de las margaritas del campo, que florecen sin que nadie las plante y se presentan sin buscarlas, como buenas noticias cuando menos se las espera, y el color de las naranjas que ya están maduras por el verano se llama muy apropiadamente anaranjado, el azahar dio un fruto que el verano madura a causa del calor, qué goce saber que germinó la semilla, creció la planta que es la adolescencia y se va a entrar en la juventud del fruto que da el goce anaranjado, el fruto jugoso y refrescante de las tardes calurosas. El rojo también está oculto en el blanco, también está en ella, en Carla, que es tan blanca.”
Manuel Puig, Betrayed by Rita Hayworth

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