{"product_id":"touchstones-mario-vargas-llosa-9780374278373","title":"Touchstones: Essays on Literature, Art, and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of Latin America's most garlanded novelists--and the recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature--Mario Vargas Llosa is also an acute and wide-ranging cultural critic and an acerbic political commentator. \u003ci\u003eTouchstones \u003c\/i\u003ecollects Vargas Llosa's brilliant readings of seminal twentieth-century novels, from \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eThe Tin Drum\u003c\/i\u003e; incisive essays on political and social thinkers; and contemporary pieces on 9\/11 and the immediate aftermath of the war in Iraq. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFantastically intelligent, inspired, and surprising, \u003ci\u003eTouchstones \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark collection of essays from one of the world's leading writers and intellectuals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mario Vargas Llosa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374278377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374278373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2011 pg. 24","brand":"Mario Vargas Llosa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130107883775,"sku":"9780374278373","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28519026-fe28-4b7d-b0ef-94b198bff595.jpg?v=1687467602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/touchstones-mario-vargas-llosa-9780374278373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}