Maldición eterna a quien lea estas páginas

Eternal curse to whoever reads these pages leads to unexpected consequences the narrative writing of Manuel Puig. The novel narrates the harsh and destructive meeting of two solitudes in New York: a sick man, Argentine, and his caregiver, an American, both marked by the absence of the woman they hope for, reject or lose forever. The difficulty in establishing mutual trust and necessary affection is the driving theme, although, in this confrontation, each of them will reveal to the other and to themselves unexpected aspects of their personalities.