The Buenos Aires Affair
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The Buenos Aires Affair is a 1973 experimental crime and psychological novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig that blends pop culture, psychoanalysis, and political undercurrents in a fragmented narrative set in Buenos Aires.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Buenos Aires Affair canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5217967 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Buenos Aires Affair Context triple: [Manuel Puig, notableWork, The Buenos Aires Affair]
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A.
La embajada
La embajada is a Spanish television drama series centered on political intrigue and corruption within a Spanish embassy abroad.
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B.
Foreign Affair
"Foreign Affair" is a 1989 studio album by Tina Turner that features a blend of pop and rock, including the hit single "The Best."
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C.
A Dirty War
A Dirty War is a non-fiction book by Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya that documents human rights abuses and the brutal realities of the Second Chechen War.
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D.
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief is a 1993 legal thriller film based on John Grisham’s novel, following a law student and a journalist who uncover a deadly conspiracy surrounding the assassination of two Supreme Court justices.
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E.
Anatomy of a Scandal
Anatomy of a Scandal is a British psychological thriller television series that explores themes of power, privilege, and consent within the world of politics and the legal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Buenos Aires Affair Target entity description: The Buenos Aires Affair is a 1973 experimental crime and psychological novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig that blends pop culture, psychoanalysis, and political undercurrents in a fragmented narrative set in Buenos Aires.
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A.
La embajada
La embajada is a Spanish television drama series centered on political intrigue and corruption within a Spanish embassy abroad.
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B.
Foreign Affair
"Foreign Affair" is a 1989 studio album by Tina Turner that features a blend of pop and rock, including the hit single "The Best."
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C.
A Dirty War
A Dirty War is a non-fiction book by Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya that documents human rights abuses and the brutal realities of the Second Chechen War.
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D.
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief is a 1993 legal thriller film based on John Grisham’s novel, following a law student and a journalist who uncover a deadly conspiracy surrounding the assassination of two Supreme Court justices.
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E.
Anatomy of a Scandal
Anatomy of a Scandal is a British psychological thriller television series that explores themes of power, privilege, and consent within the world of politics and the legal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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experimental literature work ⓘ novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| author | Manuel Puig ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Kiss of the Spider Woman
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linked to:
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1976 novel)
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| genre |
crime fiction
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experimental fiction ⓘ postmodern fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | chaptered novel ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Gladys Hebe D’Onofrio
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Leopoldo Druscovich ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
inclusion of pseudo-documentary materials
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ shifts in point of view ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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gender roles ⓘ mass culture influence ⓘ obsession ⓘ political tension in Argentina ⓘ power relations ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ repression ⓘ sexuality ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | El beso de la mujer araña (incorrect) ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
cinematic
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intertextual ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Latin American Boom (late phase)
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linked to:
Latin American Boom
Latin American postmodernism ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fragmented narrative ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
includes political allusions to Argentina in the early 1970s
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incorporates psychoanalytic case-history style elements ⓘ mixes popular culture with high literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOfBibliographyOf | Manuel Puig ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| precededBy | Heartbreak Tango ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| usesElement |
political undercurrents
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pop culture references ⓘ psychoanalytic themes ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Buenos Aires Affair Description of subject: The Buenos Aires Affair is a 1973 experimental crime and psychological novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig that blends pop culture, psychoanalysis, and political undercurrents in a fragmented narrative set in Buenos Aires.
Referenced by (3)
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