{"product_id":"the-hole-9780811227780","title":"The Hole","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in a Mexican prison in the late 1960s, \u003cem\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/em\u003e follows three inmates as they plot to sneak in drugs under the noses of their ape-like guards. The inmates desperately need to secure their next fix, and hatch a plan that involves convincing one of their mothers to bring the drugs into the prison, inside her person. But everything about their plan is doomed from the beginning, doomed to end in violence...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfolding in a single paragraph, \u003cem\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/em\u003e is a verbal torrent, a prison inside a prison, and an ominous parable about how deformed and wretched institutions create even more deformed and wretched individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevueltas, José:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The writer and journalist \u003cstrong\u003eJosé Revueltas\u003c\/strong\u003e (1914-1976) was a lifelong political dissident. In 1968, Revueltas spent two and a half years as a prisoner in the infamous Palacio de Lecumberri, a penitentiary near Mexico City. There, in the space of weeks, Revueltas wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/em\u003e, using the real prison as the setting for his novella. Revueltas was awarded both prestigious the Premio Nacional de Literatura and the Xavier Villaurrutia Literary Prize.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHopkinson, Amanda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAmanda Hopkinson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of Literary Translation at City, University of London and has translated over 40 books from Spanish, French, and Portuguese. She also writes on photography and is the author of \u003cem\u003eHistory of Photography in Mexico\u003c\/em\u003e (2019).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHughes, Sophie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSophie Hughes\u003c\/strong\u003e has translated such Spanish-language writers as Iván Repila, Laia Jufresa, Rodrigo Hasbún, José Revueltas, Giuseppe Caputo, Enrique Vila-Matas, and Alia Trabucco Zerán.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649901465874,"sku":"9780811227780","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_399988d7-4ed5-42d9-8370-adfc50540d90.jpg?v=1733276518","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hole-9780811227780","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}