{"title":"Books by Juan Villoro","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780593687796","title":"Horizontal Vertigo","description":"At once intimate and wide-ranging, and as enthralling, surprising, and vivid as the place itself, this is a uniquely eye-opening tour of one of the great metropolises of the world, and its largest Spanish-speaking city.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHorizontal Vertigo: \u003c\/i\u003eThe title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes that led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flaneur, Juan Villoro wanders through Mexico City seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things while brilliantly drawing connections among them. In so doing he reveals, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of the city ’s cultural, political, and social history: from indigenous antiquity to the Aztec period, from the Spanish conquest to Mexico City today—one of the world’s leading cultural and financial centers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this deeply iconoclastic book, Villoro organizes his text around a recurring series of topics: “Living in the City,” “City Characters,” “Shocks,” “Crossings,” and “Ceremonies.” What he achieves, miraculously, is a stunning, intriguingly coherent meditation on Mexico City’s genius loci, its spirit of place.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56292561977717,"sku":"9780593687796","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57685968879989,"sku":"9781524748883","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780593687796.jpg?v=1792599234"},{"product_id":"9780857056221","title":"The Sorrows of Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith contributions from seven of Mexico's finest journalists, t\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehis is reportage at its bravest and most necessary - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eit has the power to change the world's view of their country, and by the force of its truth, to start to heal the country's many sorrows.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSupported the Arts Council Grant's for the Arts Programme and by PEN Promotes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeering between carnival and apocalypse, Mexico has in the last ten years become the epicentre of the international drug trade. The so-called \"war on drugs\" has been a brutal and chaotic failure (more than 160,000 lives have been lost). The drug cartels and the forces of law and order are often in collusion, corruption is everywhere. Life is cheap and inconvenient people - the poor, the unlucky, the honest or the inquisitive - can be \"disappeared\" leaving not a trace behind (in September 2015, more than 26,798 were officially registered as \"not located\"). Yet people in all walks of life have refused to give up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiego Enrique Osorno and Juan Villoro tell stories of teenage prostitution and Mexico's street children. Anabel Hernández and Emiliano Ruiz Parra give chilling accounts of the \"disappearance\" of forty-three students and the murder of a self-educated land lawyer. Sergio González Rodríguez and Marcela Turati dissect the impact of the violence on the victims and those left behind, while Lydia Cacho contributes a journal of what it is like to live every day of your life under threat of death. Reading these accounts we begin to understand the true nature of the meltdown of democracy, obscured by lurid headlines, and the sheer physical \u003cbr\u003e and intellectual courage needed to oppose it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295118864757,"sku":"9780857056221","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780857056221_e21231e3-add9-4ef3-8366-0088ae00e263.jpg?v=1786016245"},{"product_id":"9781916467101","title":"The Wild Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirteen-year-old Juan’s summer is off to a terrible start. First, his parents separate. Then, almost as bad, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the entire holiday! Who wants to live with an oddball recluse who has zigzag eyebrows and lives inside a mysterious library? As Juan adjusts to his new life among dusty shelves, he notices something weird: the books move on their own! Uncle Tito lets his nephew in on a secret: Juan is a Princeps Reader, which means books respond magically to him, and he’s the only one who can find the elusive, never-before-read Wild Book. An unforgettable adventure story about books, libraries, and the power of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309411021173,"sku":"9781916467101","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781916467101_f6328017-947c-447d-8ee1-a31e2b7efd3d.jpg?v=1786030285"},{"product_id":"the-game-at-the-end-of-the-world","title":"The Game at the End of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExuberant, playful, and evergreen, \u003ci\u003eThe Game at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e revels in the grass-stained highlights of a sport without borders or boundaries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoccer (néeacute;e football) fans will rejoice at this all-new volume of crackling essays from the author of \u003ci\u003eGod Is Round\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, Juan Villoro explores the sport through the elements that make it the world's favorite pastime, from its ancient origins, near-mythic players, exhilarating matches, endemic rivalries, and the unlikely moments in which football has changed history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a prolific writer and chronicler of World Cup games around the world, Villoro draws on a rich cultural mosaic to inspire readers, players, and fans long after the final whistle blows. With a journalist's ear and a philosopher's outlook, he has produced a collection for curious newcomers and lifelong football buffs alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484220694901,"sku":"9781632064110","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781632064110.jpg?v=1786266268"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-juan-villoro.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}