{"product_id":"the-missing-year-of-juan-salvatierra-a-novel","title":"The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra: A Novel","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle Synopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAt the age of nine, Juan Salvatierra became mute following a horse riding accident.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAt 20, he began secretly painting a series of long rolls of canvas in which he minutely detailed six decades of life in his village on Argentina’s river frontier with Uruguay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAfter the death of Salvatierra, his sons return to the village from Buenos Aires to deal with their inheritance: a shed packed with painted rolls of canvas stretching over two miles in length and depicting personal and communal history. Museum curators from Europe come calling to acquire this strange, gargantuan artwork. But an essential roll is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA search ensues that illuminates the links between art and life, as an intrigue of family secrets buried in the past cast their shadows on the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Bio\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePedro Mairal made a splash with his debut novel, Una noche con Sabrina Love, which tells the story of an 18-year-old boy who wins a night with a porn star of his dreams. That book was made into a film by Alejandro Agresti and was widely translated. Mairal, who was born in Buenos Aires in 1970, is a professor of English literature; he has been recognized as one of the most original voices in Latin American literature today, and in 1998 was awarded the Premio Clarín. He is also the author of the book of short stories Hoy temprano and the novel El año del desierto. In 2007 he was included in the Bogotá 39, which named the best Latin American authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRunning Time\u003c\/strong\u003e: 3:22:19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781942248125\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LINDIE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47324160229527,"sku":"9781942248125","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/9540\/8023\/files\/9781942248125__06476.jpg?v=1773524680","url":"https:\/\/lindie.net\/products\/the-missing-year-of-juan-salvatierra-a-novel","provider":"Lantern Indie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}