{"product_id":"9780940322486","title":"The Pure and the Impure","description":"Colette herself considered \u003ci\u003eThe Pure and the Impure\u003c\/i\u003e her best book, \"the nearest I shall ever come to writing an autobiography.\" This guided tour of the erotic netherworld with which Colette was so intimately acquainted begins in the darkness and languor of a fashionable opium den. It continues as a series of unforgettable encounters with men and, especially, women whose lives have been improbably and yet permanently transfigured by the strange power of desire. Lucid and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eThe Pure and the Impure\u003c\/i\u003e stands out as one of modern literature's subtlest reckonings not only with the varieties of sexual experience, but with the always unlikely nature of love.","brand":"Colette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":57444542120096,"sku":"9780940322486","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_899a27f9-d9da-4c62-9e7b-116fafb9eff4.jpg?v=1780096304","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780940322486","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}