{"product_id":"9781934824221","title":"Scars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The most important Argentinian writer since Borges.\"— \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuan José Saer's \u003ci\u003eScars\u003c\/i\u003e explores a crime committed by Luis Fiore, a thirty-nine year old laborer who shot his wife twice in the face with a shotgun; or, rather, it explores the circumstances of four characters who have some connection to the crime: a young reporter, Ángel, who lives with his mother and works the courthouse beat; a dissolute attorney who clings to life only for his nightly baccarat game; a misanthropic and dwindling judge who's creating a superfluous translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Picture Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e ; and, finally, Luis Fiore himself, who, on May Day, went duck hunting with his wife, daughter, and a bottle of gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the stories in Scars explores a fragment in time—be it a day or several months—when the lives of these characters are altered, more or less, by a singular event. Originally published in 1969, \u003ci\u003eScars\u003c\/i\u003e marked a watershed moment in Argentinian literature and has since become a modern classic of Latin American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJuan José Saer\u003c\/b\u003e was the leading Argentinian writer of the post-Borges generation. The author of numerous novels and short-story collections (including \u003ci\u003eScars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Grande\u003c\/i\u003e ), Saer was awarded Spain's prestigious Nadal Prize in 1987 for \u003ci\u003eThe Event.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSteve Dolph\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of \u003ci\u003eCalque\u003c\/i\u003e , a journal of literature in translation. His translation of Juan José Saer's \u003ci\u003eScars\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the 2012 Best Translated Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039644106992,"sku":"9781934824221","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934824221_p0.jpg?v=1763642239","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934824221","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}