{"product_id":"the-movie-teller-9781780870533","title":"The Movie Teller","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaría Margarita, a young woman who lives in a mining town in the heart of the Chilean Atacama desert in the 1960s, has had the gift of telling movies since she was a child. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a film starring Marilyn Monroe, Gary Cooper or Charlton Heston, or a Mexican feature packed with songs, arrives in the local village cinema, the exact change for a ticket is collected at María's house and she is sent to watch it. When María returns from the cinema, she tells the movie to her father, confined to a wheelchair, and to her four siblings, and soon she is telling the movie to a large and impatient public. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough this tender story, Hernán Rivera Letelier gives us the magical tale of village cinemas in their times of splendor - and of decadence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780870533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Hern\u0026#195;\u0026#161;n Rivera Letelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413620781237,"sku":"9781780870533","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c232c42e-0cb9-4876-8d97-b4013d0f4c9b.jpg?v=1720537992","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-movie-teller-9781780870533","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}