{"product_id":"the-world-cannot-give-paperback","title":"The World Cannot Give - 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\u003eTara Isabella Burton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Secret History meets The Price of Salt\" (Vogue) in this \"equal parts dangerous and delicious\" (Entertainment Weekly) dark academia novel about queer desire, religious zealotry, and the hunger for transcendence among the members of a cultic chapel choir at a prestegious Maine boarding school--and the ambitious, terrifyingly charismatic girl that rules over them.When shy, sensitive Laura Stearns arrives at St. Dunstan's Academy in Maine, she dreams that life there will echo her favorite novel, All Before Them, the sole surviving piece of writing by Byronic \"prep school prophet\" (and St. Dunstan's alum) Sebastian Webster, who died at nineteen, fighting in the Spanish Civil War. She soon finds the intensity she is looking for among the insular, Webster-worshipping members of the school's chapel choir, which is presided over by the charismatic, neurotic, overachiever Virginia Strauss. Virginia is as fanatical about her newfound Christian faith as she is about the miles she runs every morning before dawn. She expects nothing short of perfection from herself--and from the member of the choir. Virginia inducts the besotted Laura into a world of transcendent choral music and arcane ritual, illicit cliff-diving and midnight crypt visits: a world that, like Webster's novels, finally seems to Laura to be full of meaning. But when a new school chaplain challenges Virginia's hold on the \"family\" she has created, and Virginia's efforts to wield her power become increasingly dangerous, Laura must decide how far she will let her devotion to Virginia go. The World Cannot Give is a \"hypnotic and intense\" (Shondaland) meditation on the power, and danger, of wanting more from the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara Isabella Burton is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eHere in Avalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World Cannot Give\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSocial Creature\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the nonfiction books \u003ci\u003eStrange Rites\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSelf-Made\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written on religion, culture, and place for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e National Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She received a doctorate in theology from Trinity College, Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.27 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52532869103923,"sku":"9781982170073","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/2Pwd4bGWLE9781982170073.webp?v=1781789113","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-world-cannot-give-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}