{"product_id":"the-dancer-and-the-thief-paperback","title":"The Dancer and the Thief - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAntonio Skármeta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatherine Silver\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \"powerful, humane,\" prize-winning novel of politics, ballet, and a spectacular heist by a reluctant master thief and his eager young protégé, \"conjures...a contemporary Santiago, Chile, where the memory of Pinochet's reign and the 'disappearing' of citizens still looms\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e). With prisons overflowing in Chile, the president declares a general amnesty for all nonviolent criminals. Ángel Santiago, a youth determined to avenge abuse he received in jail, seeks out the notorious bank robber Nicolás Vergara Grey, whose front-page exploits won him a reputation he would rather leave behind. Their plan for an ambitious and daring robbery is complicated by the galvanizing presence of Victoria Ponce, a virtuosic dancer and high-school dropout whose father was a victim of the regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraised for his \"ability to place a personal story in the context of a national upheaval and make it warm, funny and universal\" (\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e), Antonio Skármeta sets this exuberant love story against the backdrop of the new Chile, free from the Pinochet dictatorship but beholden to the perils of globalization. \u003cem\u003eThe Dancer and the Thief\u003c\/em\u003e, which won Spain's prestigious Planeta Prize, is a remarkable new novel from one of South America's finest storytellers. Reading group guide included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.24 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736857677887,"sku":"9780393333671","price":28.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1f4b628a63ce96a62dbf9ae786feec87.webp?v=1765148086","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-dancer-and-the-thief-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}