{"product_id":"curfew-paperback","title":"Curfew - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosé Donoso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eThe Obscene Bird of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \"one of the spinal writers of the extraordinary boom in Latin-American fiction\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) evokes the suffocating atmosphere of a country under dictatorship, and its quietly devastating effect on the actions of those who live there, in a zone between documentary-like realism and grotesque absurdity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurfew \u003c\/i\u003etakes place during one twenty-four hour period in January 1985. Matilde Neruda, widow of the Nobel Prize-winning poet, has just passed away, and various factions are rallying to turn the event to their advantage: for Pinochet's junta, it represents a chance to assert political authority, while for the intellectuals who had basked in the Nerudas' light, it is an opportunity to grab the spoils of the estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst this backdrop of complex, often conflicting motivations, Donoso weaves a portrait of a society struggling to fashion a daily existence for itself, and of an intelligentsia vainly attempting to salvage the remnants of glory days long gone by. But \u003ci\u003eCurfew \u003c\/i\u003eis also a story of the tragic love between Judit Torre, an upper-middle-class radical who wants to escape her bitter past; and Mañntilde;ungo Vera, a native son returning after a successful career as a European pop singer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosé Donoso\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-1996) was a Chilean author, journalist, and professor who contributed greatly to the Latin American literary boom. His works include \u003ci\u003eThe Obscene Bird of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCoronation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHell Has No Limits\u003c\/i\u003e, along with other novels, short story collections, novellas, and poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.93 x 5.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52554589503781,"sku":"9780802133816","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/ObGfHFYSID9780802133816.webp?v=1781356741","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/curfew-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}