{"product_id":"news-of-a-kidnapping-9781400034932","title":"News of a Kidnapping","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1990, fearing extradition to the United States, Pablo Escobar - head of the Medell n drug cartel - kidnapped ten notable Colombians to use as bargaining chips. With the eye of a poet, Garc a M rquez describes the survivors' perilous ordeal and the bizarre drama of the negotiations for their release. He also depicts the keening ache of Colombia after nearly forty years of rebel uprisings, right-wing death squads, currency collapse and narco-democracy. With cinematic intensity, breathtaking language and journalistic rigor, Garc a M rquez evokes the sickness that inflicts his beloved country and how it penetrates every strata of society, from the lowliest peasant to the President himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGabriel Garc?a M?rquez was born in Colombia in 1927. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. He is the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003cb\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLove In The Time Cholera\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Autumn Of The Patriarch\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe General In His Labyrinth\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eNews Of A Kidnapping\u003c\/b\u003e. He died in 2014. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdith Grossman is the award-winning translator of major works by many of Latin America's most important writers, including Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez and Alvaro Mutis. Born in Philadelphia, she attended the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Berkeley before receiving her Ph.D. from New York University. Ms. Grossman is the author of The Antipoetry of Nicanor Parra and of many articles and book reviews. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901402419474,"sku":"9781400034932","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01c2f6b5-6387-424f-8af9-9f8058fad751.jpg?v=1738424840","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/news-of-a-kidnapping-9781400034932","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}