{"product_id":"off-island-paperback","title":"Off Island - 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\u003eLara Tupper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Pure color!\" wrote Paul Gauguin to his wife, Mette, from the South Seas. \"Everything must be sacrificed to it.\" In \u003cem\u003eOff Island\u003c\/em\u003e, novelist Lara Tupper imagines Gauguin-chasing new light, new color-ran away to a new island, a rugged outpost off the coast of Maine.\u003c\/p\u003eThere, Gauguin leaves behind some paintings and letters, and maybe a child. And a hundred years later, another Maine painter, Pete, finds himself torn between his muses-the sturdy, reliable Molly and the unhappy, peripatetic Karla, who promises to take him to other, newer islands.\u003cem\u003eOff Island \u003c\/em\u003ecaptures the lure of the unknown and the pull of the familiar, and questions what it means to be loyal to one's art, one's family and one's home.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52542831329587,"sku":"9781948338820","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VFZhYnlQUHM1YkQ5bEpobGE4aW5SZz09.webp?v=1760914720","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/off-island-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}