{"product_id":"2026200008160-secondhand-widows","title":"Widows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good - dust jacket present, minimal wear. Light fading on spine but letters still visible. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and intact. International bookshop sticker at bottom right corner of inside of binding.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of a military occupation, Widows is a powerful and haunting novel that chronicles the struggle of a community of women in a Greek village who refuse to accept the disappearance of their husbands, fathers, and sons at the hands of an authoritarian regime. Ariel Dorfman, writing from the perspective of exile and political resistance, presents a searing indictment of state terror and the human cost of oppression, told through the quiet, defiant act of claiming the bodies of the dead. Translated from the Spanish by Stephen Kessler, the novel unfolds with a measured, almost mythic tension, as the widows' stubborn insistence on truth becomes a dangerous act of collective rebellion. Raw in its emotional power and precise in its political intelligence, the work stands as one of Latin American literature's most eloquent testaments to resistance, memory, and the dignity of grief.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956139798747,"sku":"2026200008160-SECONDHAND","price":200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/871cefd5-7b54-4356-b722-d46d6cf20c5a.png?v=1783498281","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008160-secondhand-widows","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}