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In an Argentine prison, the growing friendship between a thirty-seven-year-old homosexual, Molina, and a young Marxist, Valentin, is threatened when police officials start pressuring Molina to spy against Valentin.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Puig, Manuel (Author)
Other Authors: Colchie, Thomas (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1979.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Prisoners > Fiction.
Political prisoners > Abuse of > Fiction.
Gay men > Relations with heterosexuals > Fiction.
Motion pictures > Appreciation > Fiction.
Buenos Aires (Argentina) > Fiction.
Gay men > Relations with heterosexuals.
Motion pictures > Appreciation.
Political prisoners > Abuse of.
Prisoners.
Argentina > Buenos Aires.
Political fiction.
Romance fiction.
Fiction.
Love stories.
Gay fiction.
Description
Summary:In an Argentine prison, the growing friendship between a thirty-seven-year-old homosexual, Molina, and a young Marxist, Valentin, is threatened when police officials start pressuring Molina to spy against Valentin.
Item Description:Translation of El beso de la mujer araña.
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:281 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:039450366X
9780394503660
0679724494
9780679724490