{"product_id":"betrayed-by-rita-hayworth-paperback","title":"Betrayed by Rita Hayworth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eManuel Puig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Jill Levine\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManuel Puig's \"dazzling and wholly original debut\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) is a startling anatomy of a small town in thrall to its own petty lusts, betrayals, scandals, thefts, and gossip--but most of all, to the movies. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen it appeared in 1968, Manuel Puig's debut--a portrait of the artist as a child in small-town Argentina--was hailed as revolutionary. Borrowing from the language of \"true romance\" and movie magazines, the techniques of American modernism, and Hollywood montage, Puig created an exuberant queer aesthetic while also celepating the secret lives of women.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHanging on the conversations of his mother, friends, and neighbors, Puig's stand-in Toto pieces together stories as full of passion, desire, and revenge as anything dreamed up for the silver screen. \"A screamingly funny book, with scenes of such utter bathos that only a student of final reels such as Puig could possibly have verbally recreated for us\" (Alexander Coleman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), it is also a bittersweet love letter to the golden age of Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in a small town in the Argentine pampas, \u003cb\u003eManuel Puig\u003c\/b\u003e (1932-1990) read philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires before winning a scholarship to study film direction at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Exiled from Argentina, he settled in New York City in 1963. His 1976 novel \u003ci\u003eKiss of the Spider Woman\u003c\/i\u003e was filmed in 1985 by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco, thereafter becoming a Broadway musical in 1993. Puig's novels have been translated into fourteen languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzanne Jill Levine\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed translator of Latin American literature. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eManuel Puig and the Spider Woman: His Life and Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Subversive Scribe: Translating Latin American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. Her editions include the Penguin Paperback Classics series of Jorge Luis Borges's essays and poetry.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48489758359801,"sku":"9781946022424","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/rQytnup5NZ9781946022424.webp?v=1780696438","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/betrayed-by-rita-hayworth-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}