{"product_id":"salvation-scenes-from-the-life-of-st-francis-9780375708831","title":"Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eProperty \u003c\/i\u003eand bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\"a \u003cb\u003e bold retelling of a familiar, beloved story\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), i\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003enspired by the fresco cycles that depict the life of St. Francis of Assisi.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from myriad sources and moving in reverse chronological order, she begins in the dark, final days, with a suffering Francesco on the verge of death, then shows us the unwashed and innocent revolutionary, unafraid to lecture a pope on Christ's message. We see his mystical friendship with Chiara di Offreducci, a nobleman's daughter who turns her back on the world to join him, and finally, the frivolous young Francesco on the deserted road where his encounter with a leper leads him to an ecstatic embrace of God. \u003cb\u003eSalvation\u003c\/b\u003e is at once an illuminating glimpse into the medieval world and an original and intimate portrait of the man whose legend has resonated through the centuries.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVALERIE MARTIN is the author of eleven novels, four collections of short fiction, and a biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, titled \u003ci\u003eSalvation.\u003c\/i\u003e She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Kafka Prize (for \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e) and Britain's Orange Prize (for \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917613830418,"sku":"9780375708831","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_81b125ee-a2dc-47dd-95e3-dadbe6b3ff19.jpg?v=1738868560","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/salvation-scenes-from-the-life-of-st-francis-9780375708831","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}