{"product_id":"9781780019543","title":"Mistress of Desires (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful exploration of machismo and sexual desire, by Peru's most acclaimed writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Peruvian desert town in the 1940s. When a young girl disappears it seems that only La Chunga, the barwoman, knows the truth, but refuses to tell. Undeterred, the local men make up their own version of what happened in an attempt to extract the full story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken from the collection, \u003cem\u003eLatin American Plays\u003c\/em\u003e, an essential introduction to the fascinating but largely unexplored theatre of Latin America, \u003cem\u003eMistress of Desires\u003c\/em\u003e by Mario Vargas Llosa interweaves reality and fantasy in an erotically charged tale. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe full collection features new translations of five contemporary plays written by some of the region's most exciting writers. Each play is accompanied by an illuminating interview with its author conducted by the theatre director, Sebastian Doggart, who has also selected and translated the plays and provided an introductory history of Latin American drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRappaccini's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e by Octavio Paz\u003cbr\u003eA play by the Mexican Nobel laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight of the Assassins\u003c\/em\u003e by José Triana\u003cbr\u003eA controversial Cuban play in which three siblings plot the murder of their parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaying Yes\u003c\/em\u003e by Griselda Gambaro\u003cbr\u003eA grotesque comedy from Argentina about man's inhumanity to man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrchids in the Moonlight\u003c\/em\u003e by Carlos Fuentes\u003cbr\u003eA dream play about two Mexican women exiled in Hollywood's maze of mirrors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131271659760,"sku":"9781780019543","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780019543_p0.jpg?v=1763710740","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780019543","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}