{"product_id":"lent-a-novel-of-many-returns-9780765379078","title":"Lent: A Novel of Many Returns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author Jo Walton comes \u003ci\u003eLent, \u003c\/i\u003e a magical re-imagining of the man who remade fifteenth-century Florence--in all its astonishing strangeness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung Girolamo's life is a series of miracles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It's a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo \"the Magnificent,\" the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. It's a miracle that when Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field, and convinces him to not only spare Florence but also protect it. It's a miracle than whenever Girolamo preaches, crowds swoon. It's a miracle that, despite the Pope's determination to bring young Girolamo to heel, he's still on the loose...and, now, running Florence in all but name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat's only the beginning. Because Girolamo Savanarola is not who\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eor what\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ehe thinks he is. He will discover the truth about himself at the most startling possible time. And this will be only the beginning of his many lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty...It's this haunting character complexity that ultimately holds the reader captive to the tale.\" --N. K. Jemisin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy Real Children\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJO WALTON won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012 for her novel \u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e. Before that, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her novel \u003ci\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/i\u003e won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. The novels of her Small Change sequence--\u003ci\u003eFarthing, Ha'penny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHalf a Crown\u003c\/i\u003e--have won acclaim ranging from national newspapers to the \u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics' Choice Award. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544003547410,"sku":"9780765379078","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ada224b2-e97e-4933-97ca-742c63bf9468.jpg?v=1731518269","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lent-a-novel-of-many-returns-9780765379078","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}