{"product_id":"9781681373232","title":"The Word of the Speechless","description":"\u003cb\u003eAvailable in English for the first time, a collection of deeply humane stories depicting marginalized populations by one of the greatest South American writers of the 20th century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Peruvian writer Julio Ramón Ribeyro is one of the masters of the short story and a major contributor to the great flourishing of Latin American literature that followed the Second World War. In a letter to an editor, Ribeyro said about his stories, “in most of [them] those who are deprived of words in life find expression—the marginalized, the forgotten, those condemned to an existence without harmony and without voice. I have restored to them the breath they’ve been denied, and I’ve allowed them to modulate their own longings, outbursts, and distress.” This is work of deep humanity, imbued with a disorienting lyricism that is Ribeyro’s alone. \u003ci\u003eThe Word of the Speechless\u003c\/i\u003e, edited and translated by Katherine Silver, introduces readers to an indispensable and unforgettable voice of Latin American fiction.","brand":"Julio Ramón Ribeyro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48675496657108,"sku":"9781681373232","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_36b2d01e-e2ff-4484-bb44-668f255b2b31.jpg?v=1789524467","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781681373232","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}