{"product_id":"9781780870533","title":"The Movie Teller","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough this tender story, Hernán Rivera Letelier gives us the magical tale of village cinemas in their times of splendor - and of decadence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hernán Rivera Letelier","offers":[{"title":"Hodder |  Paperback \/ softback  |  2024-09-03","offer_id":45703411564799,"sku":"9781780870533","price":17.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31e576d2-911b-416a-ba4b-4ec9beb35ee9.jpg?v=1718220001","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781780870533","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}