{"product_id":"the-slackers-manuel-tiago-9780717808847","title":"The Slackers","description":"This book, Slackers, is a collection of short stories, part of International Publisher's ongoing Manuel Tiago series \n The title story, \"The Slackers,\" deals humorously with a mixed bag of misfits who are forced to report to a military correctional camp to complete their obligatory service. As in several of his other works of fiction, Tiago, (Álvaro Cunhal), based his tale on his own life. For a time, in late 1939 and early 1940, Cunhal was forced to complete his military service in a Disciplinary Company. \n \"Hand in Hand\" is a teenage love story set against the background of the post-1974 public flowering of the Communist Party as a significant partner in the democratic reconstruction of the country. In this story the author once again calls upon his own memories, having served as a very young man as leader of the Federation of Portuguese Communist Youth.\n \"Parallel Stories\" is the centerpiece of the collection, the longest and most developed story in this volume, essentially a novella. Set in contemporary democratic times, we see a small regional Communist Party organization struggling with its past as primarily a party of the working class at a time when the working class itself was undergoing profound changes. \n The final story, \"Lives,\" reads like the treatment of an epic-long family saga, or even a\nsprawling multi-season TV miniseries. Its timeframe is deliberately obscure, although to be sure, there is an automobile that plays a small part toward the end. Otherwise, we seem to\nhover anywhere between the late 19th century all the way up through the mid-20th.","brand":"International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51137413972256,"sku":"9780717808847","price":11.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780717808847.jpg?v=1781046518","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/the-slackers-manuel-tiago-9780717808847","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}