El beso de la mujer araña / The Kiss of the Spider Woman (Paperback)

from Kristelh

The story of two men in a prison in Argentina. One Molina who is there for sexual crimes and Valentin, there for Marxist revolutionary activity. The story starts with another story; the story of the Panther woman. During the imprisonment, Molino tells Valentin various film stories; The Panther wo...

from LynnB

Years ago, I feel asleep during the movie version of Kiss of the Spider Woman. Somehow, though, I knew there was a great story there. Two men, Molina and Valentin, share a prison cell in Argentina. Molina, who is gay, is serving 8 years for "corruption of a minor" and Valentin is a political pris...

from sedeara

First off, I really, REALLY loved this book. I got it through paperbackswap.com, and I can't for the life of me figure out why the person who had it before got rid of it. I'm not parting with this book, EVER. The story follows two cellmates, one in jail for being part of a political uprising, ano...

from orchid314

A beautifully written story about two men--one straight, one gay--who share a cell as prisoners during the Argentine military dictatorship in the early 1970s, and the relationship that develops between them. If you can, try to read it in Spanish, because the English translation is quite clunky an...

from soniaandree

The storyline is very gripping: two political prisoners in an unknown Latin-American jail are forging an unlikely friendship amongst a background of torture, poisoning and psychological pressures. The fantastic background story is only an expression to one of the protagonist's fantasies. Readable...