{"product_id":"a-numbered-street-carlos-alonzo-9789945189636","title":"A Numbered Street","description":"\u003cp\u003eIván is a shameless rascal, and Max, a nerd raised with conservative values. Their friendship solidifies amid the intrigues, dangers, discrimination, injustices, poverty, and crime that define a neighborhood in Santo Domingo, where ordinary people with extraordinary gifts survive with cunning and ingenuity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey grow up amid ideological and practical confrontations, discovering the influence of sexuality, economic power, politics, and the dreams of emigrating to live the \"American dream,\" in a working-class society marked by social class differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIván and Max are joined by captivating characters who hope to find success through work, luck, magic, or promises-sometimes risking their own lives. They all face authoritarianism, poverty, orphanhood, unemployment, and the lack of powerful patrons, while discovering the importance of love and loyalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the 1970s and 1980s, \u003cem\u003eA Numbered Street\u003c\/em\u003e reveals untold details about the history of the Dominican Republic, in an environment of conflicts that shaped an entire generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlos Alonzo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9945189638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789945189636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alonzo.Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Carlos Alonzo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801064222975,"sku":"9789945189636","price":19.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-numbered-street-carlos-alonzo-9789945189636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}