{"product_id":"the-carreta-b-traven-9781250482389","title":"The Carreta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the enigmatic author of\u003ci\u003e The Treasure of the Sierra Madre\u003c\/i\u003e comes \u003ci\u003eThe Carreta\u003c\/i\u003e, the second volume in B. Traven's epic multivolume Jungle Novels series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndrés is a young Indigenous oxcart driver in the mahogany camps of southern Mexico, bound to a system of debt slavery he scarcely understands. Unlike many of the men around him, he can read, and he holds fast to a single hope: that one day he will return to his wife. Yet the terms of his captivity reach beyond his own labor. Around him, work continues without end, enforced by habit, coercion, and the illusion that freedom can be earned. Andrés believes he can clear the debt and go home. The system ensures that he cannot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Carreta\u003c\/i\u003e presents a grim vision of lives controlled by forces beyond their power, where endurance replaces hope, duty becomes a burden, and aspirations gradually give way to reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. Traven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250482380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250482389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"B. Traven","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172609368319,"sku":"9781250482389","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-carreta-b-traven-9781250482389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}