{"product_id":"imagining-argentina-paperback-by-lawrence-thornton","title":"Imagining Argentina Paperback by Lawrence Thornton","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBantam\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1991-11-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e240\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780553345797\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e210.44\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.88 x 13.23 x 1.35\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Remarkable . . . deeply  inventive . . . Thorton has imagined Argentina truly; his  inspired fable troubles and feeds our own intriguing imagining.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagining Argentina\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the  dark days of the late 1970's, when thousands of    Argentineans disappeared without a trace into the  general's prison cells and torture   chambers. When  Carlos Ruweda's wife is suddenly taken from him, he  discovers a   magical gift: In waking dreams, he had  clear visions of the fates of “the  disappeared.” But he cannot “imagine” what  has happened to his own wife. Driven to near  madness,   his mind cannot be taken away: imagination, stories, and  the mystical secrets of   the human  spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagining Argentina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A harrowing, brilliant  novel.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A  powerful new novel . . . Thorton seems to have wedded  his study of such writers as Borges and Marquez with thy his own instinctive gift for metaphor, and  in doing so, created his own brand of magical realism”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eImagining Argentina \u003c\/i\u003eis a slim volume filled with beautiful writing. It is an exciting adventure story. It is a haunting love story. And it is a story for all  time.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The writing is crystalline, the  metaphors compelling . . . Its central theme is universal.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a time when much North American fiction is contained by crabbed realism, Thorton takes for his material one of the bleaker recent instances of human cruelty, sees in it the enduring nobility of the human spirit and imagines a book that celebrates that spirit.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post Book World \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A powerful first  novel and a manifesto for the memorializing power of literature.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A  profoundly hopeful book.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Thornton\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning novelist best known for \u003ci\u003eImagining Argentina\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, which received a number of literary prizes, including the Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, the PEN American Center West Award for Best Novel of 1987, a nomination for the PEN\/Faulkner Award, the Shirley Collier Award from UCLA, and the Silver Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California. He also received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Thornton was born and educated in California, where he lives with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553880854689,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780553345797","price":26.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780553345797.jpg?v=1781747285","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/imagining-argentina-paperback-by-lawrence-thornton","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}