{"product_id":"harsh-times-paperback","title":"Harsh Times - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story of Guatemala's political turmoil of the 1950s as only a master of fiction can tell it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the democratic government of Jacobo Árbenz. Behind this violent act is a lie that will have drastic consequences for the entire region: the accusation by the Eisenhower administration, determined to protect American commercial interests in Central America, that Árbenz encouraged the spread of Soviet Communism in the Americas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarsh Times\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of international conspiracies and conflicting interests in the time of the Cold War, echoes of which still reverberate today. In this thrilling novel, the Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa invents vivid characters who go to the heart of the dilemmas of Guatemala's history in a deeply textured blending of fact and fiction that is his alone. Not since \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of the Goat\u003c\/i\u003e, his classic novel about the downfall of the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic, has Vargas Llosa combined political intrigue and suspense so compellingly.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature \"for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat.\" He has also won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor. His many works include \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of the Goat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of the Stepmother\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, an essayist, and a translator based in Spain. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Degradation\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eMy Father's Diet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692063363135,"sku":"9781250858955","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/692f685895e8e41989690e3cab628696.webp?v=1764994227","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/harsh-times-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}