{"product_id":"2940169846096","title":"Spilt Milk","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom world-renowned Brazilian writer Chico Buarque comes a stylish, imaginative tale of love and loss. \u003ci\u003eSpilt Milk\u003c\/i\u003e is the story told by hundred-year-old Eulálio d'Assumpção as he lies on his deathbed, rambling to his nurses and visitors through a haze of morphine and memory. Ribald, hectoring, and occasionally delusional, Eulálio jumps through time and space, melding history and fantasy to unravel the story of his family, his heritage, and a changing nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe begins by retracing his youth as the son of a conservative Brazilian senator and wealthy coffee exporter. Proud of his noble heritage - and eager to recount it for anyone within earshot - he recalls trips to Europe with his father, who introduces him to cocaine, sex, and a disciplinary whip that has been passed down through four generations of military men. At his father's funeral, the teenage Eulálio falls powerfully in love with a dark-skinned choir girl named Matilde. His memory floods with exquisite detail as he recalls their furtive after-school courtship and the late-night rendezvous that led to their unlikely marriage. But the birth of their daughter marks a moment of crisis for the Assumpção line, and Eulálio struggles to understand why the love of his life seems to be withdrawing from him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSpilt Milk\u003c\/i\u003e, Buarque conjures an evocative portrait of a man's life, his loves, and the chaos of memory, all set against two hundred years of Brazil's turbulent history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116905480432,"sku":"2940169846096","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169846096_p0.jpg?v=1763695851","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169846096","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}