{"product_id":"los-cuadernos-de-don-rigoberto-paperback","title":"Los Cuadernos de Don Rigoberto - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Lima, Peru this is the story of a bizarre love triangle whose participants may be the creations of Don Rigoberto's fertile imagination. The central characters are Rigoberto himself, a dull insurance executive by day, a pornogapher and sexual enthusiast by night; Lucrecia, his second wife; and Alfonso, his angel-faced young son. Husband and wife have been separated for a year because of a sexual encounter between the boy and his stepmother. Rigoberto misses Lucrecia desperately--filling notebooks with his memories, fantasies, and letters he will never send. Meanwhile, Alfonso visits Lucrecia, attempting to both win her love and reunite her with his father. A companion volume to \u003cb\u003eIn Praise of the Stepmother\u003c\/b\u003e--where we were first introduced to these passionate characters--\u003cb\u003eThe Notebooks of Don Rigoberto\u003c\/b\u003e is a compelling mix of fantasy and reality that always keep the reader guessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twelve novels, including \u003cb\u003eDeath in the Andes, In Praise of the Stepmother, The Storyteller, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe War of the End of the World\u003c\/b\u003e, which are all available from Penguin in English. In 1995, he was awarded the \u003cb\u003eCervantes Prize\u003c\/b\u003e, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor, and the \u003cb\u003eJerusalem Prize\u003c\/b\u003e. Vargas Llosa lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.75 x 5.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691223289919,"sku":"9780140274721","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dded4be41701f30164671cc665e88884.webp?v=1764991394","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/los-cuadernos-de-don-rigoberto-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}