{"product_id":"three-plays-mario-vargas-llosa-9780374522650","title":"Three Plays: The Young Lady from Tacna, Kathie and the Hippopotamus, La Chunga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMario Vargas Llosa, the internationally acclaimed novelist and a cultural and political figure in Peru, explores the complexities of Peruvian society and the writer's imagination in three dramas.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn T\u003ci\u003ehe Young Lady from Tacina\u003c\/i\u003e, history and fiction collide in a 100-year-old woman known as Mamae, as her grand nephew attempts to turn the rich but contradictory stories of her life into a single narrative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKathie and the Hippopotamus\u003c\/i\u003e, a banker's wife recounts her travel adventures to a writer, but as he embellishes the tales with his own style and tastes, they transform into something altogether new and unexpected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally, in \u003ci\u003eLa Chunga\u003c\/i\u003e, the regulars in a small-town bar trade speculations about what happened between the bar's female owner, a local pimp, and their shared object of desire, who has disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVargas Llorca introduces each play with a foreword that helps to place the action in context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mario Vargas Llosa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374522650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374522650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.74h x 4.97w x 0.47d","brand":"Mario Vargas Llosa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311013286143,"sku":"9780374522650","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2792de2-cb2f-480f-8e72-86701535c2d0.jpg?v=1730887859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-plays-mario-vargas-llosa-9780374522650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}