{"product_id":"the-land-antonio-torres-9780930523251","title":"The Land","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Land\u003c\/i\u003e, Ant nio Torres tells a universal story of tragic homecoming in a style that owes much to the popular cultural forms of his birthplace in Brazil's notoriously poor Backlands (\u003ci\u003eSert o\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003eHe uses snatches of song and prayer, rhyming jokes and fantasies, and the \u003ci\u003eliteratura de cordel\u003c\/i\u003e (rope literature) - broadsheets telling of juicy local gossip, murders, laments, ghostly apparitions, sold in the marketplace hanging on strings of twine. All this tells the story of Nelo, who escapes from the empty drought-ridden farmland to Brazil's teeming cities, only to return home shattering everyone's dreams.\u003cbr\u003eFirst published to acclaim in 1976 as the erratic military censorship was on the wane, \u003ci\u003eThe Land\u003c\/i\u003e now ranks in Brazil as a modern classic, available in English only from Readers International.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Torres, Antio Torres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0930523253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780930523251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Readers International\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.15w x 0.45d","brand":"Antonio Torres","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063496012031,"sku":"9780930523251","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bdd0b36b-e9fe-474e-a3c8-fcf5699dd6e1.jpg?v=1685389898","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-land-antonio-torres-9780930523251","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}