{"product_id":"kiss-of-the-spider-woman-isbn-9780679724490","title":"Kiss of the Spider Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW A NEW MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • In an Argentine prison, two unlikely cellmates form a bond as they share stories and beliefs, despite their differences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Extremely moving . . . Puig weaves his own shimmering web around a classic theme.\" ―\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn an Argentine prison, two men share a cell: Molina, a gay window dresser who is self-centered, self-denigrating, yet charming as well; and Valentin, an articulate, fiercely dogmatic revolutionary haunted by memories of a woman he left for the cause. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough they share little other than a cell, the two form a bond so intimate―and a relationship so profoundly affecting―that only the other could understand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA graceful, intensely compelling novel about love and victimization and a classic of queer literature, \u003ci\u003eKiss of the Spider Woman\u003c\/i\u003e has been adapted into an Academy Award-winning 1985 film and a Tony Award-winning 1993 musical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A visionary work that breathed life into certain dimensions of human possibility long before society at large was prepared to imagine them.\" ― Carolina de Robertis, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richly ambivalent and mysterious.\" ―\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In exceptional form, Puig weaves his own shimmering web around a classic theme.\" ―\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Puig dazzles one with sheer technical ability.\" ―\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dazzling... a triumph.\" ―\u003ci\u003eThe Observer \u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eManuel Puig\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed author of many novels, including\u003ci\u003e Betrayed by Rita Hayworth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKiss of the Spider Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Buenos Aires Affair\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in Argentina in 1932 and died in Mexico in 1990.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300635693285,"sku":"NP9780679724490","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679724490.jpg?v=1767730786","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/kiss-of-the-spider-woman-isbn-9780679724490","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}