{"title":"Augusto Monterroso","description":"Augusto Monterroso is the internationally renowned author of nine books, including The Black Sheep and Other Fables. A resident of Mexico since 1956, he won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize, Mexico's highest literary honor, in 1975.Edith Grossman is an award-winning translator of contemporary Latin American literature. Her recent publications include Strange Pilgrims and Of Love and Other Demons,  by Gabriel García Márquez, and Maqroll and The Adventures of Maqroll,  by Alvaro Mutis.","products":[{"product_id":"complete-works-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Complete Works and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugusto Monterroso is widely known for short stories characterized by brilliant satire and wit. Yet behind scathing allusions to the weaknesses and defects of the artistic and intellectual worlds, they show his generous and expansive sense of compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book brings together for the first time in English the volumes \u003ci\u003eComplete Works (and Other Stories) (Obras completas [y otros cuentos]\u003c\/i\u003e 1959) and \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Motion (Movimiento perpetuo\u003c\/i\u003e 1972). Together, they reveal Monterroso as a foundational author of the new Latin American narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369596715231,"sku":"9780292751842","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/K7es_H1jwk9780292751842.webp?v=1789143444"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/augusto-monterroso.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}