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I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

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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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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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