{"product_id":"the-sixteen-pleasures-9781616955809","title":"The Sixteen Pleasures","description":"\u003cb\u003eArt, poetry, and desire collide in a sensual, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"elegantly moving\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) literary romance set in the cobbled streets and painted halls of Florence, Italy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargot Harrington, an American volunteer in Florence, is an expert at book conservancy. While struggling to save a waterlogged convent library, she comes across a fabulous volume of sixteen erotic drawings by Giulio Romano, accompanying sixteen steamy sonnets by Pietro Aretino. When first published over four centuries ago, the Vatican ordered all copies destroyed. This one--now unique--volume has survived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe abbess prevails upon Margot to save the order's finances by selling the magnificently illustrated erotica discreetly--meaning without the bishop's knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargot's other clandestine project is a middle-aged Italian who is boldly attempting radical measures to save endangered frescoes. She is 29 and available; he, older and married. He shares her sense of mission and soon her bed in this daring story of spiritual longing and earthly desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616955809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Robert Hellenga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040289816757,"sku":"9781616955809","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_37e4ebbf-c49c-4d48-90a9-15d5f088cd09.jpg?v=1689088764","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sixteen-pleasures-9781616955809","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}