TY - BOOK AU - Puig,Manuel TI - Kiss of the spider woman SN - 9780099342007 (pbk.) : U1 - 863.64 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Vintage KW - Prisoners KW - Argentina KW - Political culture KW - Motion picture audiences KW - Psychology N1 - Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1979; London: Arena, 1984 N2 - Sometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their Buenos Aires prison cell, Molina re-weaves the glittering and fragile stories of the film he loves, and the cynical Valentin listens. Valentin believes in the just cause that makes all suffering bearable; Molina believes in the magic of love that makes all else endurable. Though they seemingly share little other than a cell, the two form a bond so intimate - and a relationship so profoundly affecting - that only the other could understand ER -