{"product_id":"the-pure-and-the-impure","title":"The Pure and the Impure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColette herself considered \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Pure and the Impure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Pure and the Impure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48476063727810,"sku":null,"price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/8002\/4002\/files\/71ichFRKFNL._SY522.jpg?v=1784739712","url":"https:\/\/frictionbooks.com\/products\/the-pure-and-the-impure","provider":"Friction Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}