{"product_id":"the-movie-teller-paperback","title":"The Movie Teller - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHern?n Rivera Letelier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaría Margarita, a young woman who lives in a mining town in the heart of the Chilean Atacama desert in the 1960s, has had the gift of telling movies since she was a child. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a film starring Marilyn Monroe, Gary Cooper or Charlton Heston, or a Mexican feature packed with songs, arrives in the local village cinema, the exact change for a ticket is collected at María's house and she is sent to watch it. When María returns from the cinema, she tells the movie to her father, confined to a wheelchair, and to her four siblings, and soon she is telling the movie to a large and impatient public. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough this tender story, Hernán Rivera Letelier gives us the magical tale of village cinemas in their times of splendor - and of decadence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHERNAN RIVERA LETELIER grew up and worked for many years in the saltpeter mines of Atacama, in northern Chile. His novel \u003ci\u003eLa Reina cantaba rancheras\u003c\/i\u003e (Queen Isabel Sang Rancheras) catapulted him to fame, turning into one of the most widespread literary works in recent Chilean fiction. Two years later, he won the National Book Award again. His most well-known novel \u003ci\u003eLa contadora de películas\u003c\/i\u003e (The Movie-teller) has been translated into 19 languages and is now a major motion picture directed by Lone Scherfit. In 2001, Rivera Letelier was named Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Literature by the French Ministry of Culture and in 2019, he received the Yasnaya Polyana Prize for \u003ci\u003eEl arte de la resurección\u003c\/i\u003e (The art of resurrection).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150587498631,"sku":"9781780870533","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/962bf333f4c53e86eab3bdbb7bf4e19f.webp?v=1733200701","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-movie-teller-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}