{"product_id":"9780008643324","title":"The Palace of Eros","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'A brilliant and luminous writer' Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive' Cristina García, author of Dreaming in Cuban\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'A natural storyteller' Washington Post\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Theirs was a love that defied the gods...\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Beautiful, headstrong Psyche has captured the eye of every suitor - but also the jealous gaze of Aphrodite. When she is tied to a rock to be sacrificed to a 'monstrous husband', no monster arrives: instead, she is spirited away by Aphrodite's daughter Eros.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Eros, goddess of desire, can change gender at will. In her hidden palace, she visits Psyche under a cloak of darkness, unable to reveal her face. As they discover new pleasures together, Psyche is tempted to break her vow not to look...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e Gloriously anarchic and seductive, Caro De Robertis' gender-fluid retelling of this classic myth is a masterpiece.\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e GLOWING READER REVIEWS\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'A beautiful story about the power of autonomy' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Heart-wrenching, hard-hitting, beautifully written, sumptuous, poetic, romantic, and (because Eros is the goddess of desire) utterly scorching in places' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'A gorgeous retelling, and one I will no doubt read again! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'Overall, stunning prose, incredible chemistry, gorgeous characters, just a beauty of a retelling!' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'I cannot tell you how much I loved this, there will never be enough words to describe how much I enjoyed the experience of reading this (and believe me there were many tears involved)' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e The Palace of Eros was a Sunday Times bestseller w\/c 19\/08\/24\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Borough Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48658346279147,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":31.7,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780008643324-1.jpg?v=1781603667","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780008643324","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}