{"product_id":"the-dancer-and-the-thief-9780393333671","title":"The Dancer and the Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis \"powerful, humane,\" prize-winning novel of politics, ballet, and a spectacular heist by a reluctant master thief and his eager young prot g , \"conjures...a contemporary Santiago, Chile, where the memory of Pinochet's reign and the 'disappearing' of citizens still looms\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). With prisons overflowing in Chile, the president declares a general amnesty for all nonviolent criminals.  ngel Santiago, a youth determined to avenge abuse he received in jail, seeks out the notorious bank robber Nicol s 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\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), Antonio Sk rmeta sets this exuberant love story against the backdrop of the new Chile, free from the Pinochet dictatorship but beholden to the perils of globalization. \u003ci\u003eThe Dancer and the Thief\u003c\/i\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393333671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.52w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/08\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Antonio Sk\u0026#225;rmeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636918349980,"sku":"9780393333671","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7d037e13-ff58-477a-8b85-caed08c86e32.jpg?v=1603843358","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dancer-and-the-thief-9780393333671","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}