{"product_id":"a-simple-story-9780811226004","title":"A Simple Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObsession and mastery in their purest states: the story of one dancer’s attempt to win the biggest contest of his life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascination and this quest to understand, which propels Guerriero's journey, is one readers will immediately become immersed in.\" -- Diane Goodman - American Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"Guerrero irrefutably proves that journalism is one of the beaux arts. Below the light and agile surface that grabs your attention from the first lines, she shows a sureness and a seriousness that confer on her work a powerful consistency.\" -- Mario Vargas Llosa - El País\u003cbr\u003e\"A Simple Story recounts delirious obsession and mastery, and proves beyond a doubt that journalism has a place in the literary bracket.\" -- Largehearted Boy\u003cbr\u003e\"Hats off to Guerriero\" -- Dan Piepenbring - The Paris Review\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Simple Story\u003c\/em\u003e is about an expression of a culture that, unlike tango, has been passed over, neglected or forgotten by all but a few devotees, for whom it is an obsession. Its obscurity, this book suggests, is its salvation.\" -- The Economist\u003cbr\u003e\"An epic of noble proportions—Guerriero is a mistress of the telling phrase or the revealing detail.\" -- Sarah Crompton - The Spectator","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090744176983,"sku":"9780811226004","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780811226004.jpg?v=1762273298","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-simple-story-9780811226004","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}