Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me

Author:   Jaime Manrique
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
Edition:   New edition
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9780299161842


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   30 December 2001
Format:   Paperback
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"Jaime Manrique weaves into his own memoir the lives of three important twentieth-century Hispanic writers: the Argentine Manuel Puig, author of Kiss of the Spider Woman; the Cuban Reinaldo Arenas, author of Before Night Falls; and Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca. Manrique celebrates the lives of these heroic writers who were made outcasts for both their homosexuality and their politics. ""Manrique's double vision yields insights into Puig, Arenas, and Lorca unavailable to a writer less attuned to the complex interplay of culture and sexuality, as well as that of race and class in Latino and Anglo societies.""--George DeStefano, The Nation ""A splendid memoir of Manuel Puig. It evokes him--how he really was--better than anything I've read.""--Susan Sontag ""Where Manrique's tale differs from others is in its unabashed and sensitive treatment of sexuality. One reads his autobiographical account with pleasure and fascination.""--Jose Quiroga, George Washington University ""Manrique's voice is wise, brave, and wholly original. This chronicle of self-discovery and literary encounters is heartening and deep.""--Kennedy Fraser ""In this charmingly indiscreet memoir, Jaime Manrique writes with his customary humor and warm sympathy, engaging our delighted interest on every page. He has the rare gift of invoking and inviting intimacy, in this case a triangulated intimacy between himself, his readers, and his memories. These are rich double portraits.""--Phillip Lopate"

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Author:   Jaime Manrique
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint:   University of Wisconsin Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.189kg
ISBN:  

9780299161842


ISBN 10:   0299161846
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   30 December 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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"""Literary analysis that reads like a passionate, tender, love story."" - David Ross Gerling, World Literature Today ""Manrique's double vision yields insights into Puig, Arenas, and Lorca unavailable to a writer less attuned to the complex interplay of culture and sexuality, as well as that of race and class in Latino and Anglo societies."" - George DeStefano, The Nation"


Literary analysis that reads like a passionate, tender, love story. - David Ross Gerling, World Literature Today Manrique's double vision yields insights into Puig, Arenas, and Lorca unavailable to a writer less attuned to the complex interplay of culture and sexuality, as well as that of race and class in Latino and Anglo societies. - George DeStefano, The Nation


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Jaime Manrique is the author of the novels Twilight at the Equator, Latin Moon in Manhattan, and Colombian Gold. He has been honored with the National Poetry Award of Colombia. He lives in New York City.

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