{"title":"Sergio Pitol","description":"Sergio Pitol (1933-2018) was a Mexican author, translator, and diplomat. Pitol studied law and literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In 1960, he joined the Mexican Foreign Service, serving as a cultural attaché in cities such as Rome, Belgrade, Warsaw, Paris, Beijing, Moscow, Prague, Budapest, and Barcelona. His works include novels, short stories, and essays, such as Married Life (1991) and El arte de la fuga (1996). He is considered one of Mexico's most important writers, winning the Cervantes Prize in 2005, the most esteemed literary prize in Hispanophone literature.","products":[{"product_id":"married-life-paperback","title":"Married Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this tragicomic satire of marriage from one of Mexico's most celebrated writers, a heartbroken and disillusioned wife sets out to remake her life after her husband's infidelity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Nicoláaacute;s Lobato's success begins to elevate himself and his wife into the upper tier of Mexico's high society, his infidelities come to light, plunging his wife Jacqueline Cascorro into a carousel of flirtations and schemes that transform her quest for love and revenge into a veritable comedy of errors.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the last volume of his celebrated Carnival Triptych, Sergio Pitol exposes the pretensions of the upper class, the hypocrisy behind its feigned propriety, and marriage itself as a carefully staged farce in which ambition and desire masquerade as fidelity and passion.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102541746399,"sku":"9781646054077","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/UACrQ7J0c19781646054077.webp?v=1781083453"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/sergio-pitol.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}