{"product_id":"alexis-9780374519063","title":"Alexis","description":"\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\u003e\"The 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYourcenar, Marguerite:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMarguerite Yourcenar\u003c\/b\u003e (1903-87) wrote plays, stories, poems, and novels, including the notable \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Hadrian\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise.","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491696382226,"sku":"9780374519063","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad84f1fc-ef09-43ba-99e8-ada776e239c8.jpg?v=1730550227","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alexis-9780374519063","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}