Heartbreak Tango

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Author:

Puig, Manuel

Introduction by:

Goldman, Francisco

Translator:

Levine, Suzanne Jill

ISBN:

978-1-56478-553-4

Publication Date:

Feb 2010

Publisher:

Deep Vellum Publishing

Imprint:

Dalkey Archive Press

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

AUD $29.95

Book Description:

Finally available again after many years, one of the most compelling novels from Argentina's great novelists.

Book Details

Pages:	224
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / Romance / General Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	13.614 x 20.828 x 1.803 cm
Book Weight:	0.305 Kilograms

Author Biography

Puig, Manuel (Author)

Author Manuel Puig was born in General Villegas, Argentina on December 28, 1932. Betrayed by Rita Hayworth (1968) is an innovative novel narrating through a variety of techniques the story of a young Argentine boy who lives vicariously through the movies. Puig uses the phenomenon of compulsive movie-going as a symbol for alienation and escape from reality. Heartbreak Tango (1969) evokes the spiritual emptiness of the Argentine provincial life in the 1930s and the vulgarity of popular music and the soap opera.

His best known work, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1979), was adapted as a film in 1985 and as a Broadway musical in 1993. He died of a heart attack on July 22, 1990.

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