{"product_id":"almost-never-9781555976095b","title":"Almost Never","description":"\u003cp\u003eDemetrio Sordo is an agronomist who passes his days in a dull but remunerative job at a ranch near Oaxaca. It is 1945, World War II has just ended, but those bloody events have had no impact on a country that is only on the cusp of industrializing. One day, more bored than usual, Demetrio visits a bordello in search of a libidinous solution to his malaise. There he begins an all-consuming and, all things considered, perfectly satisfying relationship with a prostitute named Mireya. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA letter from his mother interrupts Demetrio’s debauched idyll: she asks him to return home to northern Mexico to accompany her to a wedding in a small town on the edge of the desert. Much to his mother’s delight, he meets the beautiful and virginal Renata and quickly falls in love - a most proper kind of love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Back in Oaxaca, Demetrio is torn, the poor cad. Naturally he tries to maintain both relationships, continuing to frolic with Mireya and beginning a chaste correspondence with Renata. But Mireya has problems of her own - boredom is not among them - and concocts a story that she hopes will help her escape from the bordello and compel Demetrio to marry her. Almost Never is a brilliant send-up of Latin American machismo that also evokes a Mexico on the verge of dramatic change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42826100637776,"sku":"9781555976095B","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781555976095-l.jpg?v=1785904123","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/almost-never-9781555976095b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}