{"product_id":"paradise-elena-castedo-9780802134271","title":"Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this ingenious satire, Solita, the not quite ten-year-old daughter of refugees from Franco's Spain, is whisked from the urban ghetto of Galmeda to El Topaz, the lush hacienda of a wealthy eccentric, which her mother assures her will be paradise. But behind its beautiful facade, El Topaz is a quagmire of social subterfuge, from its politicking adults to its spiteful children, and Solita finds herself alone in a glittery world where \"you couldn't trust anything. Or anybody. You had to navigate completely on your own.\" In \u003cem\u003eParadise\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Ms. Castedo has brought off, with acid wit, the far from easy task of revealing arrogance, folly, injustice and debauchery through the eyes of an observer who does not know what those qualities are.\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elena Castedo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802134270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802134271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.49w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Nominee","brand":"Elena Castedo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926150217983,"sku":"9780802134271","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ee123b7e-7fa8-4708-9d07-80c318b4945e.jpg?v=1681081481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paradise-elena-castedo-9780802134271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}