{"product_id":"the-house-on-the-beach-9780292727649","title":"The House on the Beach","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis deceptively simple novel, published in Mexico in 1966 as La casa en la playa and here translated into English for the first time, is an important work by one of Mexico's, and indeed Latin America's, major writers of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The novel explores the pull of convention: each character is trapped in a web of family duty and tradition. Garcia Ponce ... consistently conveys the oppressive heat and erotic tension engulfing this foursome of friends and lovers. [He] has a painter's eye for the surrounding landscape... there are moments when every detail shimmers with crystalline elegance.\"oPublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction: Juan García Ponce in Context The House on the Beach I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400862671191,"sku":"9780292727649","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292727649.jpg?v=1730471772","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-house-on-the-beach-9780292727649","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}