{"product_id":"the-cubs-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Cubs and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Kolovakas\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRonald Christ\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cubs and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is Mario Vargas Llosa's only volume of short fiction available in English. Vargas Llosa's domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, the dance floor, and on street corners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe title story, The Cubs, tells the story of the carefree boyhood of P.P. Cuellar and his friends, and of P.P.'s bizarre accident and tragic coming of age. Innovative in style and technique, it is a work of both physical and psychic loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a candid and perceptive forward to this collection of early writing, Vargas llosa provides background to the volume and a unique glimpse into the mind of the Nobel Prize-winning artist.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e is Peru's foremost author and the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1994 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor, and in 1995 he won the Jerusalem Prize. His many distinguished works include \u003ci\u003eThe Storyteller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of the Goat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath in the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of the Stepmother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversation in the Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Way to Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe War of the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.38 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519739326771,"sku":"9780374521943","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OWYyM05iVEo0dERQcEpqbWtrSG1mdz09.webp?v=1760507678","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-cubs-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}