Kiss of the Spider Woman (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Manuel Puig
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1975
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Social realism, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: 1970’s, Prisoners, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Revolutions, Argentina or Argentineans, Films, movies, or motion pictures
- Locales: Argentina
Places Discussed
*Argentina. South American country in which the prison cell holding Valentin and Molina is located. Argentina is a poor country swarming with crime and revolutionaries (like Valentin) who are trying to make the country a better place for all. Near the end of the novel, Molina and Valentin feel safer in the prison than in the outside world.
Tropical island. Valentin dreams of this unnamed island at the end of the novel. The island is an amalgam of the various film scenes that Molina has described. A woman appears to him in this dream, weaving webs out of...
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