{"product_id":"now-i-surrender-1","title":"Now I Surrender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman's desperate flight from an Apache raid unfolds into a sweeping tale of the Mexico-US border wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow I Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e is the epic, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edarkly funny and action-packed story of the legendary Apache warrior Geronimo and how the American West was 'won'.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Alvaro Enrigue's one of the best we have, and he's not done pushing against conventions' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An impassioned anti-imperialist lament, a gripping alt-western' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the contested borderlands between Mexico and the United States, a Mexican woman flees into the desert after a devastating raid on her dead husband's ranch. Meanwhile, a lieutenant colonel of the fledgling Republic, sent in pursuit of cattle rustlers, will soon discover he's on the trail of a more dramatic abduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecades later, with political ambitions on the line, the American and Mexican militaries try to manoeuvre Geronimo, the most legendary of Apache warriors, into surrender. And in our own day, a family travels through the region in search of a truer version of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart epic, part alt-Western, \u003ci\u003eNow I Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e weaves past and present, myth and history, into a searing elegy for a way of life that still sparks the thrill of almost unimaginable freedom in us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Natasha Wimmer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Enrigue is an erudite, charismatic raconteur' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE ATLANTIC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A moving and complex love letter to Mexico... a slice of bloody American history with a timely edge' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alvaro Enrigue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67670002630834,"sku":"9781529968637","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781529968637.jpg?v=1791596558","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/now-i-surrender-1","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}