Description
A struggling writer named Larry takes a part-time job caring for Mr. Ramirez, a 74-year-old Argentine political exile whose life has been fractured by amnesia. As they move through Greenwich Village, their conversations unfold in a relentless, intimate exchange—one man trying to recover a past he can’t fully remember, the other searching for meaning in the stories he’s being handed. Through dialogue alone, the novel explores memory and identity, the aftershocks of political displacement, and the uneasy intimacy between caregiver and patient. Manuel Puig’s distinctive style—sharp, theatrical, and deeply human—turns everyday talk into a haunting portrait of what survives when history, language, and selfhood begin to slip away.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage Books
Published Jan 1, 1983
232 pages
ISBN: 0394713842
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First Published
1980
Language
spa
Translation
From: spa
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