by Manuel Puig · Planeta Pub Corp · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432230462
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«La traición de Rita Hayworth» is the novel by Manuel Puig, published by Planeta Pub Corp in paperback (299 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Toto, a boy from a town in Argentina who takes refuge in Hollywood movies and in the figure of Rita Hayworth. Through monologues, letters and neighbors' conversations, Puig portrays everyday life, the influence of cinema, sexual repression and his characters' yearnings for identity.
The work was originally published in 1968; this edition belongs to the Biblioteca de Bolsillo collection.
For readers interested in Latin American narrative and in stories that explore the influence of cinema and the construction of identity.
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne, commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author and LGBTQ activist. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth, Boquitas pintadas, and El beso de la mujer araña which was adapted into the film released in 1985, directed by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco; and a Broadway musical in 1993.
