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If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
Manuel Puig
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Manuel Puig
Age: 57 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 28
Died: 1990
Died: July 22
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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne
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