![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It takes some time, but as the story unravels it becomes apparent that the two main ‘speakers’ are cell mates in an Argentine prison. It is up to the reader to remain attentive in order to work out who is speaking, and keep up with the flow of speech. Puig composes the novel almost entirely of dialogue, interlaced with periods, often extended, of stream of consciousness, providing the reader with nothing side from a dash (–) to show that the speaker (or thinker) has changed.Īs such, the characters are never actively introduced, and their names only emerge through their conversation with one another. This novel is unusual, formed as it is without any form of narrative voice – a primary feature of the traditional novel. In beginning the book in this way Puig throws the reader in at the deep end – there is no introduction, explanation or clue as to how the novel will progress. What does this opening sentence tell the reader? Is it speech? Narration? The introduction of a protagonist? ‘– Something a little strange, that’s what you notice, that she’s not a woman like all the others.’ This is how Argentine author Manuel Puig introduces his most highly acclaimed novel The Kiss of the Spider Woman. The Kiss of the Spider Woman – Manuel Puig ![]()
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