{"product_id":"scars-book-juan-jose-saer-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","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49574311690513,"sku":"GOR013666635","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49665507557649,"sku":"GOR007151173","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50329060245777,"sku":"CIN1934824224VG","price":7.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50917637947665,"sku":"CIN1934824224G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51055584674065,"sku":"NIN9781934824221","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1934824224.jpg?v=1770892533","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/scars-book-juan-jose-saer-9781934824221","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}