Betrayed by Rita Hayworth

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Betrayed by Rita Hayworth is a 1968 experimental novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig that portrays small-town life and personal obsessions through a collage of voices and cinematic references.

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instanceOf experimental novel
novel
author Manuel Puig
countryOfOrigin Argentina
criticalReception acclaimed by literary critics
followedBy Heartbreak Tango
genre experimental fiction
modernist literature
hasAdaptation theatrical adaptations
hasSubject Argentine provincial society
impact of mass media on everyday life
hasTranslation English
influencedBy Hollywood cinema
Rita Hayworth
languageStyle colloquial speech
regional Argentine idioms
literaryMovement Latin American Boom
mainThemes cinema and fantasy
family relationships
identity formation
personal obsessions
popular culture
sexual repression
small-town life
mediaType print
narrativeForm collage of voices
narrativeTechnique epistolary elements
interior monologue
multiple narrators
stream of consciousness
notableCharacter Toto
Toto’s mother
originalLanguage Spanish
pageCount approximately 250–300 pages
partOf Manuel Puig bibliography
placeOfPublication Buenos Aires
publicationYear 1968
publisher Editorial Jorge Álvarez
setting small-town Argentina
significance debut novel of Manuel Puig
key work of Argentine experimental fiction
stylisticFeature cinematic references
fragmented structure
nonlinear narrative
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century
titleInOriginalLanguage La traición de Rita Hayworth
translatedBy Suzanne Jill Levine

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Manuel Puig notableWork Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
Manuel Puig notableWork Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
subject linked to: Puig
Betrayed by Rita Hayworth titleInOriginalLanguage La traición de Rita Hayworth
linked to: Betrayed by Rita Hayworth