{"product_id":"in-the-land-of-silence-jesus-urzagasti-9781557283733","title":"In the Land of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis masterful translation of a recent Bolivian novel, \u003ci\u003eEn el pais del silencio\u003c\/i\u003e, transports us to a mysterious, silent, and unfamiliar land where astonishing truths are placed within our grasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike a parabola, this amazing story begins and ends in the same place on the same day in the life of a single persona with three interior entities: Jursafú, The Other, and The Dead Man. By portraying them as separate, Urzagasti accentuates their interrelatedness, for one character cannot grow without the others, nor can any one of them move toward an ultimate goal without the experience and knowledge of the other two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author's mature and thoroughly Bolivian style is marked by a synthesis of poetic and novelistic techniques which blend perfectly the indigenous and European voices of his ancestral home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesus Urzagasti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557283737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557283733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.01w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/1994 pg. 1226","brand":"Jesus Urzagasti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485616943359,"sku":"9781557283733","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b03b79db-1dba-417b-9864-d1d55c1d10f8.jpg?v=1778050410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-land-of-silence-jesus-urzagasti-9781557283733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}