''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'' ( es, La traición de Rita Hayworth) is a 1968 novel by the Argentine novelist

Manuel Puig Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are '' La traición de Rita Hayworth'' (''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'', 1968), ''Boquitas pint ...

. It was Puig's first novel. Literary critic

Jean Franco Jean Franco (March 31, 1924 – December 14, 2022) was a British-born American academic and literary critic known for her pioneering work on Latin American literature.Risen, Clay"Jean Franco, 98, Pioneering Scholar of Latin American Literature, Die ...

writes that the book "was a revelation when it appeared, exploding once and for all the simplistic notions of American cultural imperialism." The book features what would become Puig's customary interests in mass culture, particularly Hollywood film. As Franco observes, "Set in a small provincial town in Buenos Aires province, the novel traces the intense affective relationship between Toto and his mother and friends, a relationship in which Hollywood films such as '' Blood and Sand'' and '' The Great Waltz'' provide somewhat bizarre models for an affective life which is not satisfied either by religion or the state." With Puig's subsequent novel, ''Boquitas pintadas'' ('' Heartbreak Tango'') of 1969, the book was a key text in the transition from

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to post-Boom in Latin American fiction.

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*. Third edition. Novels by Manuel Puig 1968 novels Novels set in Argentina 1968 debut novels {{1960s-novel-stub