{"product_id":"rosarita-9781668082430","title":"Rosarita","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"world-class writer\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) and three-time Booker finalist Anita Desai, an exquisitely written stunning exploration of love, place, memory, history, and the secrets between a mother and her daughter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAway from her home in India to study Spanish, Bonita sits on a bench in El Jardin de San Miguel, Mexico, basking in the park's lush beauty, when she slowly becomes aware that she is being watched. An elderly woman approaches her, claiming that she knew Bonita's mother--that they had been friends when Bonita's mother had lived in Mexico as a talented young artist. Bonita tells the stranger that she must be mistaken; her mother was not a painter and had never travelled to Mexico. Though the stranger leaves, Bonita cannot shake the feeling that she is being followed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDays later, haunted by the encounter, Bonita seeks out the woman, whom she calls The Trickster, and follows her on a tour of what may, or may not, have been her mother's past. As a series of mysterious events brilliantly unfold, Bonita is unable to escape The Trickster's presence, as she is forced to confront questions of truth and identity, and specters of familial and national violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA masterpiece of storytelling from a gifted writer, \u003ci\u003eRosarita\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound mediation on mothers and marriage, art and self-expression, and how the traumas from the past can impact future generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnita Desai is a renowned author born and educated in India. She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times for her novels \u003ci\u003eClear Light of Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Custody\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFasting, Feasting\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874655867154,"sku":"9781668082430","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ef18517-e7c9-4db1-afc8-9b3a2616e9d3.jpg?v=1756798581","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rosarita-9781668082430","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}