{"product_id":"the-mixquiahuala-letters-9780385420136","title":"The Mixquiahuala Letters","description":"\"A wonderful, wonderful book.\" --Maxine Hong Kingston \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on the relationship between two fiercely independent women--Teresa, a writer, and Alicia, an artist--this epistolary novel was written as a tribute to Julio Cortázar's \u003ci\u003eHopscotch\u003c\/i\u003e and examines Latina forms of love, gender conflict, and female friendship. This groundbreaking debut novel received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and is widely studied as a feminist text on the nature of self-conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAna Castillo is also the author of \u003cb\u003eSo Far from God\u003c\/b\u003e, which received a 1993 Carl Sandburg Award and the Southwestern Booksellers Award, numerous poetry collections, including \u003cb\u003eMy Father Was a Toltec\u003c\/b\u003e, and a critical work on Latina writing, \u003cb\u003eMassacre of the Dreamers\u003c\/b\u003e. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410811457810,"sku":"9780385420136","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c5a0912c-41e3-46df-b15a-bb70c74d140e.jpg?v=1729308467","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mixquiahuala-letters-9780385420136","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}