Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages
by Manuel Puig
At a glance:
- Author: Manuel Puig
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: Winter, 1977-1978
- Setting: Greenwich Village, New York
- Characters: Juan José Ramirez, Lawrence John (Larry)
- Genres: Long fiction, Novel
- Subjects: 1970's, New York, Memory, Prisoners, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Fantasy, Argentina or Argentineans, Amnesia
- Locales: New York, NY, Greenwich Village, United States, North America
Manuel Puig was born and reared in Argentina, studied film direction in Rome and worked as an assistant director there. He has lived in a number of world capitals, and currently resides in New York. Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages is Puig’s fifth novel. Unlike his previous novels, it was written in English, then translated into Spanish and published as Maldicion eterna a quien lea estas paginas in 1980. The published English text was based upon both the original, unpublished English version and the Spanish text. In short, Puig represents a new...
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