{"product_id":"the-sky-over-lima-9780544630055","title":"The Sky Over Lima","description":"\u003cp\u003eRefreshing  comic  and sublime...The conquest in this novel  a game played by one writer and his readers  captivates  drawing us in through the seductive power of a monumental young author. Laura Esquivel  bestselling author of Like Water for Chocolate and Malinche  IntoxicatingIll be thinking of these characters  what they longed to create and what they managed to despoil  for a long time. Helen Oyeyemi  A retelling of a fantastical true story: two young men seduce Nobel laureate Juan Ramn Jimnez with the words of an imaginary woman and inspire one of his greatest love poems.  Jos Glvez and Carlos Rodrguez are poets. Or  at least  theyd like to be. Sons of Limas elite in the early twentieth century  they scribble bad verses and read the greats: Rilke  Rimbaud  and  above all others  Juan Ramn Jmenez  the Spanish Maestro. Desperate for Jmenezs latest work  unavailable in Lima  they decide to ask him for a copy. Theyre sure Jmenez wont send two dilettantes his book  but he might favor a beautiful woman. They write to him as the lovely  imaginary Georgina Hbner. Jmenez responds with a letter and a book. Elated  Jos and Carlos write back. Their correspondence continues  as the Maestro falls in love with Georgina  and the boys abandon poetry for the pages of Jmenezs life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932771385397,"sku":"ByrdShop_054463005X","price":65.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780544630055.jpg?v=1794230106","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sky-over-lima-9780544630055","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}