{"product_id":"o-carteiro-e-o-poeta","title":"The postman and the poet","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStormy, funny and passionate, \u003cem\u003eThe Postman and the Poet\u003c\/em\u003e , a novel that established Antonio Skármeta as one of the most representative authors of new Latin American literature, tells the story of a postman's platonic love for a beautiful waitress, ignited by the poetry of Pablo Neruda.\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? Mario Jiménez is a fortunate postman responsible for the correspondence of a certain gentleman who could be just a simple, experienced and well-spoken elder on matters of love, were it not 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\u003e Amid Chile's political turmoil at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, an unlikely friendship blossoms. The postman seeks advice on how to win the heart of waitress Beatriz from the Nobel Prize winner in Literature. And it is from the simple Mario that Neruda receives the sounds of his home when, ill, he asks the boy to record the sounds he encounters around Isla Negra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThis encounter, as fictional as the characters of the postman and his beloved, is created by Antonio Skármeta in this tempestuous, funny, and passionate novel. An unforgettable tribute to Neruda, love, and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176279195900,"sku":"9786555874334","price":54.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/56612b23f0956d28b660f4057170621e_671d9ea3-09f3-43dc-8418-0d87e8a298e0.jpg?v=1778875967","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/o-carteiro-e-o-poeta","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}