{"product_id":"9780374522650","title":"Three Plays : The Young Lady from Tacna, Kathie and the Hippopotamus, La Chunga","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThree Plays\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Mario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMario Vargas Llosa, the internationally acclaimed novelist and a cultural and political figure in Peru, explores the complexities of Peruvian society and the writer's imagination in three dramas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn T\u003ci\u003ehe Young Lady from Tacina\u003c\/i\u003e, history and fiction collide in a 100-year-old woman known as Mamae, as her grand nephew attempts to turn the rich but contradictory stories of her life into a single narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKathie and the Hippopotamus\u003c\/i\u003e, a banker's wife recounts her travel adventures to a writer, but as he embellishes the tales with his own style and tastes, they transform into something altogether new and unexpected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, in \u003ci\u003eLa Chunga\u003c\/i\u003e, the regulars in a small-town bar trade speculations about what happened between the bar’s female owner, a local pimp, and their shared object of desire, who has disappeared.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVargas Llorca introduces each play with a foreword that helps to place the action in context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner Nobel Prize in Literature (2010), Nobel Prize For Literature (2010)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374522650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Hill and Wang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673541882062,"sku":"9780374522650","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_5a350517-7ea6-4abb-9a6d-ce12e168e400.jpg?v=1639887514","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374522650","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}