{"product_id":"the-pure-and-the-impure-9780940322486","title":"The Pure and the Impure","description":"Colette herself considered \u003ci\u003eThe Pure and the Impure\u003c\/i\u003e her best book, \"the nearest I shall ever come to writing an autobiography.\" This guided tour of the erotic netherworld with which Colette was so intimately acquainted begins in the darkness and languor of a fashionable opium den. It continues as a series of unforgettable encounters with men and, especially, women whose lives have been improbably and yet permanently transfigured by the strange power of desire. Lucid and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eThe Pure and the Impure\u003c\/i\u003e stands out as one of modern literature's subtlest reckonings not only with the varieties of sexual experience, but with the always unlikely nature of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780940322486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.01w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/12\/2000 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2000 pg. 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 168\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Colette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645957632156,"sku":"9780940322486","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0b0210bb-7dd2-405e-834b-cf495b21cc0f.jpg?v=1603862636","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pure-and-the-impure-9780940322486","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}