{"product_id":"alexis-paperback","title":"Alexis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarguerite Yourcenar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWalter C. Kaiser  Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was with \u003ci\u003eAlexis \u003c\/i\u003ethat, in 1928, Marguerite Yourcenar began her career as a novelist. The book remains one of the stellar literary debuts of the century. Yourcenar has created a moving meditation on the relationship between pleasure and love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rich, many colored subtlety of her great novels -- \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Dadrian; The Abyss; Alexis; Coup de Grace\u003c\/i\u003e; and others -- is reminiscent of their intricate tapestries, while her sublime mystical appreciation of Nature and its beauty evokes the golden age of landscape painting in the Low Countries. - \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review \u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519738999091,"sku":"9780374519063","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SDA3cDNyTVZNcEtoVEVnUE5iZGliQT09.webp?v=1760507676","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/alexis-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}