{"product_id":"alchemy-of-a-blackbird-9781668006566","title":"Alchemy of a Blackbird","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Light \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eZ\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"beguiling novel of artistic ambition, perseverance, and friendship\" (Katy Hays, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author) based on the true story of the 20th-century painters and tarot devotees Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"unforgettable adventure, and one you don't want to miss\" (Patti Callahan Henry, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author), painter Remedios Varo and her lover, poet Benjamin Peret escape the Nazis by fleeing Paris and arriving at a safe house for artists on the Rivieria. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong with Max Ernst, Peggy Guggenheim, and others, the two anxiously wait for exit papers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the months pass, Remedios begins to sense that the others don't see her as a fellow artist; they have cast her in the stifling role of a surrealist ideal: the beautiful innocent. She finds refuge in a mysterious bookshop, where she stumbles into a world of occult learning and intensifies an esoteric practice in the tarot that helps her light the bright fire of her creative genius. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen travel documents come through, Remedios and Benjamin flee to Mexico where she is reunited with friend and fellow painter Leonora Carrington. Together, the women tap into their creativity, stake their independence, and each find their true loves. But it is the tarot that enables them to access the transcendent that lies on the other side of consciousness and to become the truest Surrealists of all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668006566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Claire McMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43544317100213,"sku":"9781668006566","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ab2e7f99-caec-42f7-a6ef-8716d5827424.jpg?v=1706121469","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/alchemy-of-a-blackbird-9781668006566","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}