Description
Set in a provincial Brazilian town, this inventive novel unfolds as an intimate exchange of questions and confessional answers between Josemar, a construction worker, and Maria, a privileged woman. Through their internal dialogue, the story traces how memory falters and how self-deception can quietly reshape love, loyalty, and identity. As the past presses in—through what is remembered, what is withheld, and what is rationalized—the characters confront the emotional costs of “reasons” that no longer hold. Blending Puig’s signature blend of psychological immediacy and narrative play, the book becomes a probing meditation on desire, class, and the fragile machinery of truth.
Available Editions
paperback
Faber
Published Jan 1, 1989
202 pages
ISBN: 0571150977
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Details
First Published
1982
Language
spa
Translation
From: spa
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Blood of Requited Love by Manuel Puig.