Manuel Puig Summary

Biography EssayThough 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 o... Read more

In the following review, De Feo lauds Puig's Betrayed by Rita Hayworth as “a funny, poignant, perceptive piece of fiction which is not overwhelmed by its adventurous techniques.” ... Read more

In the following review, Christ praises Puig's accomplishment in The Buenos Aires Affair, but complains that the English translation “frequently goes flat.” In life, the myth o... Read more

In the following essay, Thompson discusses Puig's use of popular forms in Boquitas pintadas and how the substance of the texts subverts those forms. Manuel Puig's second novel, Boquit... Read more

In the following interview, Puig discusses how he began his career in the film industry before becoming a novelist. Night after night, in a Buenos Aires penitentiary, Molina, a thirty-seven-year-ol... Read more

In the following essay, Karetnikova and Barber trace the role film has in the structure and content of Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman. The Novel as Film Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel P... Read more

In the following interview, Puig discusses questions of sexuality and repression raised by his novel Kiss of the Spider Woman. The last time I talked to Manuel Puig, he was calling from the airport... Read more

In the following essay, Cheever analyzes how the reader is to interpret the place of dreams in Puig's Pubis Angelical, concluding that “we may either force Puig's text to tell us ... Read more

In the following essay, Hall traces the influence of filmmakers Josef von Sternberg, Ernst Lubitsch, and Fritz Lang on Puig's work. As is well known, the work of Manuel Puig has been greatly... Read more

In the following essay, Lewis studies the readers' role in Puig's Sangre de amor correspondido, and how their interaction with the text affects the novel's message. Manuel Puig... Read more

In the following essay, Issacharoff and Madrid discuss the use of myth, stereotypes, and repetition in Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman and Under a Mantle of Stars, as well as in Eugène I... Read more

In the following essay, Davies discusses the role of psychoanalytic theory and gender conflict in Puig's Pubis angelical. He concludes that “Though Puig trifles with the conventions and ... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert Alter The Argentine writer, Manuel Puig, is one of the most consistently interesting novelists to have emerged anywhere during the past 10 years. "The Buenos Aires Aff... Read more

Critical Essay by Allen Josephs As in Puig's previous experiments, [in "Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages"] things are not as simple as they first seem. The only way Mr.... Read more

Critical Essay by Ronald Christ In his three novels, Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, Heartbreak Tango and The Buenos Aires Affair, Puig has shown an incrementing skill, range of perception and control of ... Read more

Critical Essay by Clara Claiborne Park Puig is a master of narrative craftsmanship, but [Kiss of the Spider Woman] is no mere concoction. Every subtlety of character and situation—and there ar... Read more

Critical Essay by Raymond L. Williams Readers aware of La traición de Rita Hayworth and El beso de la mujer araña will find similar sexual and political considerations in [Pubis angelic... Read more

Critical Essay by William Herrick Manuel Puig is a Marxist and the United States is, after all, the major stronghold of world capitalism, its inhabitants stupefied and/or morally decayed, the rich by... Read more