{"product_id":"o-carteiro-e-o-poeta-1","title":"The postman and the poet","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eProfound and moving, \u003cem\u003eThe Postman and the Poet\u003c\/em\u003e became the classic that consecrated Antonio Skármeta as one of the most representative authors of new Latin American literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eWhat more could a man in love want than to have one of the greatest Latin poets as his sentimental advisor? In \u003cem\u003eThe Postman and the Poet\u003c\/em\u003e , Mario Jiménez is a fortunate postman responsible for the correspondence of a certain gentleman who could have been just a simple, knowledgeable old man well-spoken about matters of love, if it weren't for Pablo Neruda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e With each new batch of letters, the humble Chilean postal worker and the poet cement an unusual relationship: Mario sees in the writer and diplomat the ideal accomplice in his considerations of the propriety of metaphors and the supreme master in the art of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eAmid Chile's political turmoil at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, an unlikely friendship blossoms. The postman seeks advice from the Nobel Prize winner for Literature on how to win the heart of the waitress Beatriz. And it is from the simple Mario that Neruda receives the sounds of his home when, ill, he asks the young man to record the sounds he encounters on Isla Negra. This encounter, as fictional as the characters of the postman and his beloved, is orchestrated by Antonio Skármeta in this tempestuous, funny, and passionate novel. An unforgettable tribute to Neruda, to love, and to poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176822030588,"sku":"9788501111548","price":59.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/432a71d369f7f1b16075e922e4a70c88.jpg?v=1776894744","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/o-carteiro-e-o-poeta-1","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}