Though Manuel Puig has most recently come to the attention of the general public through the successful 1985 filming of his novel El beso de la, mujer arana (1976; translated as Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1979), he has been a well-known figure in Latin-Am...

Though Manuel Puig has most recently come to the attention of the general public through the successful 1985 filming of his novel El beso de la mujer araña (1976; translated as Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1979), he has been a well-known figure in La...

Manuel Puig, the late Argentine novelist (1932-1990), has been cited by many critics, like his literary mentors Kafka and Faulkner, as a master of narrative complexity, his fictions refusing easy assimilation or "readerly" interpretation. From his first novel, Betrayed By Rita Hayworth (1971),...

Allen Cady has spent the past 30 years building, restoring and repairing traditional wooden boats for other people. It's good, honest work but not without a downside. "You pour your heart out working on them for a year or two, then you give...