{"product_id":"the-word-of-the-speechless-julio-ramon-ribeyro-9781681373232","title":"The Word of the Speechless: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAvailable in English for the first time, a collection of deeply humane stories depicting marginalized populations by one of the greatest South American writers of the 20th century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Peruvian writer Julio Ram n Ribeyro is one of the masters of the short story and a major contributor to the great flourishing of Latin American literature that followed the Second World War. In a letter to an editor, Ribeyro said about his stories, \"in most of  them] those who are deprived of words in life find expression--the marginalized, the forgotten, those condemned to an existence without harmony and without voice. I have restored to them the breath they've been denied, and I've allowed them to modulate their own longings, outbursts, and distress.\" This is work of deep humanity, imbued with a disorienting lyricism that is Ribeyro's alone. \u003ci\u003eThe Word of the Speechless\u003c\/i\u003e, edited and translated by Katherine Silver, introduces readers to an indispensable and unforgettable voice of Latin American fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julio Ramon Ribeyro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681373238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681373232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/24\/2019","brand":"Julio Ramon Ribeyro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986318917887,"sku":"9781681373232","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73876ff1-30f8-4539-904e-1666a430d543.jpg?v=1683282654","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-word-of-the-speechless-julio-ramon-ribeyro-9781681373232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}