{"product_id":"the-blood-of-the-gods-jean-lorrain-9781645251385","title":"The Blood of the Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003eJean Lorrain, later famous as the author of such Decadent masterpieces as Nightmares of an Ether Drinker and Errant Vice, began his literary career in 1882 with the book of poems titled The Blood of the Gods-sending a sophisticated shudder through the caf駸 of Montmartre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, presented here for the first time in English, in a translation by Jacob Rabinowitz, Lorrain, the self-proclaimed \"ambassador from Sodom,\" gives exquisite expression to Symbolist and Pre-Raphaelite themes, expanding them, with defiant pride, to include unambiguous accounts of male homosexuality. Only now, more than a century later, can we fully appreciate the courage and the suffering behind his brilliant and sardonic self-expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Lorrain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645251381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645251385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Snuggly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Jean Lorrain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132184228095,"sku":"9781645251385","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb205ff4-bbaf-4040-83eb-67d27326a70b.jpg?v=1687478727","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blood-of-the-gods-jean-lorrain-9781645251385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}