{"product_id":"the-word-of-the-speechless-selected-stories-9781681373232","title":"The Word of the Speechless: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAvailable in English for the first time, a collection of deeply humane stories depicting marginalized populations by one of the greatest South American writers of the 20th century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Peruvian writer Julio Ram n Ribeyro is one of the masters of the short story and a major contributor to the great flourishing of Latin American literature that followed the Second World War. In a letter to an editor, Ribeyro said about his stories, \"in most of  them] those who are deprived of words in life find expression--the marginalized, the forgotten, those condemned to an existence without harmony and without voice. I have restored to them the breath they've been denied, and I've allowed them to modulate their own longings, outbursts, and distress.\" This is work of deep humanity, imbued with a disorienting lyricism that is Ribeyro's alone. \u003ci\u003eThe Word of the Speechless\u003c\/i\u003e, edited and translated by Katherine Silver, introduces readers to an indispensable and unforgettable voice of Latin American fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681373232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Julio Ramon Ribeyro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935662936245,"sku":"9781681373232","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_59491143-f3f4-41a6-8324-9cb4acec760e.jpg?v=1688491572","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-word-of-the-speechless-selected-stories-9781681373232","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}