{"product_id":"the-rag-doll-plagues-9781558850361","title":"The Rag Doll Plagues","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mysterious plague is decimating the population of colonial Mexico. One of His Majestys highest physicians is dispatched from Spain to bring the latest advances in medical science to the backward peoples of the New World capital. Here begins the cyclical tale of man battling the unknown  of science confronting the eternally indifferent forces of nature.  Morales takes us on a trip through ancient and future civilizations  through exotic but all-too-familiar cultures  to a final confrontation with our own ethics and world views. In later chapters  the colonial physician finds his successors as they once again engage in life or death struggles  attempting to balance their own hopes  desires and loves with the good society and the state. Book II of the novel takes place in modern-day southern California  and Book III in a futuristic technocratic confederation known as Lamex.  In the tradition of Latin American born novelist  Alejandro Morales is one of the finest representatives of magic realism in the English language. In The Rag Doll Plague  Morales creates a many layered fictional world  taking us on an entertaining and thought-provoking safari thorough lands  times  peoples and ideas never before encountered or presented in this manner. But ultimately  this valuable trip leads to a reacquaintance with our own society and its moral vision.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932777906229,"sku":"ByrdShop_1558850368","price":53.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781558850361.jpg?v=1794230378","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rag-doll-plagues-9781558850361","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}