Pubis Angelical: Prologue by Camila Sosa Villada (Short Library) (Spanish Edition)

"The work of Puig is one of the most original of the late 20th century." Mario Vargas Llosa Prologue by Camila Sosa VilladaPubis angelical tells the story of a woman from two completely different perspectives, corresponding to two areas of the protagonist's mind. In the realm of real events, Ana is a sick woman in a clinic who, through memories, revisits her love life in the political and social context of Argentina in the second half of the 20th century. Meanwhile, her unconscious fantasies unfold, taking the reader on an imaginary journey from the 1930s in Central Europe to the golden years of Hollywood and then into the future, in a climate close to science fiction, gathering elements of romance novels and parapsychology. Two narratives that respond to the same reality: fundamentally showing women as oppressed and exploited beings.Pubis angelical reads like a suspense novel, but it is also an unrelenting examination of the moral impostures that crush the weakest in our time. Manuel Puig once again showcases an absolutely personal literary world and an astonishing ability to reproduce everyday speech and the patterns of popular literature to radiograph human behavior.

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