{"product_id":"the-desert-and-its-seed-9780811225809","title":"The Desert and Its Seed","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Desert and Its Seed\u003c\/em\u003e opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligia's face is disintegrating from acid thrown by her ex-husband while they signed divorce papers. Mario, her son, tries to wipe the acid from Eligia's face, but his own fingers burn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a fruitless attempt to reconstruct Eligia's face--first in Buenos Aires, thereafter in Milan. Mario, the narrator, becomes the shadow and witness of the reconstruction attempts to repair his mother's outraged flesh. In this role, he must confront his own terrible existence and identity, both of which are bound to an Argentina he sees disintegrating around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a true, tragic family story, Jorge Barón Biza's \u003cem\u003eThe Desert and Its Seed\u003c\/em\u003e was rejected by publishers in Buenos Aires and was finally self-published in 1998, three years before the author committed suicide. Written in a captivating plain style with dark, bitter humor, \u003cem\u003eThe Desert and Its Seed\u003c\/em\u003e has become a modern classic, published to enormous acclaim throughout the Spanish-speaking world and translated into many languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811225809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jorge Bar\u0026#195;\u0026#179;n Biza","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107762499765,"sku":"9780811225809","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_384191a4-32e7-4a82-b786-3d6812acdc49.jpg?v=1765862206","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-desert-and-its-seed-9780811225809","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}