{"product_id":"9781324075233","title":"The Pure and the Impure","description":"\u003cp\u003eLyrical, allusive, sometimes obscure, yet precise,\u003cem\u003e The Pure and the Impure\u003c\/em\u003e has elicited equal parts consternation and praise since its publication nearly 100 years ago. Through strikingly vivid and evocative portraits, many of them of her friends and lovers, Colette explores varieties of sexual expression, gender identity, love and sensual pleasure. Decades ahead of its time in contemplating queerness and women's sexuality, \u003cem\u003eThe Pure and the Impure\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fascinating window into the various demimondes of the Parisian Belle Époque. At the same time, the book offers a unique portrait of a complex and often contradictory character-Colette herself. The 'brilliantly ingenious' (Lydia Davis) translator Rachel Careau presents an elegant and highly readable rendition that reproduces Colette's extraordinary musicality, making her 'perfect, lapidary and truth-bearing sentences' (Terry Castle) sing for English readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Careau's translation of Colette's \u003cem\u003eChéri\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe End of Chéri\u003c\/em\u003e was praised as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'This heartbreaking, astute pair of novels…are among the best of [Colette's] vast, impressive canon.' - \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Choice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'Both novels are exquisite in structure, sparse and lacy, every detail in a web of other details, merciless, precise.' - Jenny Turner, \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57497331761525,"sku":"9781324075233","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781324075233.jpg?v=1786631862","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781324075233","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}