{"product_id":"pagan-light-dreams-of-freedom-and-beauty-in-capri-9781250251145","title":"Pagan Light: Dreams of Freedom and Beauty in Capri","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePagan Light\u003c\/i\u003e is mesmerizing. Every detail is compelling. I felt I was reading a family history of a family far more interesting than mine.\" --Edmund White, author of \u003ci\u003eOur Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rich, intimate embrace of Capri, which was a magnet for artistic renegades and a place of erotic refuge\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsolated and arrestingly beautiful, the island of Capri has been a refuge for renegade artists and writers fleeing the strictures of conventional society from the time of Augustus, who bought the island in 29 BC after defeating Antony and Cleopatra, to the early twentieth century, when the poet and novelist Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen was in exile there after being charged with corrupting minors, to the 1960s, when Truman Capote spent time on the island. We also meet the Marquis de Sade, Goethe, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Compton Mackenzie, Rilke, Lenin, and Gorky, among other astonishingly vivid characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Grounded in a deep intimacy with Capri and full of captivating anecdotes, Jamie James's\u003ci\u003e Pagan Light\u003c\/i\u003e tells how a tiny island served as a wildly permissive haven for people--queer, criminal, sick, marginalized, and simply crazy--who had nowhere else to go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250251145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Jamie James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45483902795957,"sku":"9781250251145","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_862a8c02-7d79-4048-a606-67b29b0d155f.jpg?v=1749565748","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pagan-light-dreams-of-freedom-and-beauty-in-capri-9781250251145","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}