{"product_id":"on-heroes-and-tombs-9781567925968","title":"On Heroes and Tombs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most important work of fiction by a major Latin America author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Heroes and Tombs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is woven around a violent crime: the scion of a prominent Argentinian family, Alejandra, shoots her father and burns herself alive over his corpse. The story shifts between perspectives to reveal the lives of those closest to her, telling of Mart n, her troubled lover; Bruno, a writer who loved her mother; and Fernando, her father--who believes himself hunted by a secret, international organization of the blind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the tumult of Buenos Aires in the 1950s, characters are illuminated against burning churches and corporate greed. An examination of Argentinian history and culture, it reveals the country at every level, leading its reader into a world of passion, philosophy, and paranoia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabato, Ernesto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ernesto Sabato was born in Buenos Aires in 1911 and died\r in 2011. He published three novelsThe Tunnel, On Heroes and\r Tombs, and Abaddon el Exterminador, which won the French\r Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Jerusalem Prizeand\r many volumes of essays. In 1985 he won the Miguel de Cervantes\r Prize (equivalent to the Nobel Prize for literature in Hispanic\r languages) \"for four decades of literary endeavor.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabato, Ernesto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnesto Sabato\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Buenos Aires in 1911 and died in 2011. He published three novels--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Heroes and Tombs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbaddon el Exterminador\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the French \u003ci\u003ePrix du Meilleur Livre Etranger\u003c\/i\u003e and the Jerusalem Prize--and many volumes of essays. In 1985, he won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize \"for four decades of literary endeavor\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verba Mundi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681184977170,"sku":"9781567925968","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1fc104b7-86a3-415d-a153-43a849dd37f6.jpg?v=1733950128","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-heroes-and-tombs-9781567925968","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}