{"product_id":"the-demi-sexes-and-the-androgynes-9781943813629","title":"The Demi-Sexes and The Androgynes","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresented here in English for the first time, in a bravura translation by Brian Stableford, are two highly unusual novels from one of the \u003cem\u003efin-de-si cle's\u003c\/em\u003e most eccentric writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Demi-Sexes\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in 1897, was the first of Jane de La Vaud re's novels seriously to explore the territory of the conventionally unmentionable, which it does forthrightly, in its first chapter, when its heroine, Camille, asks a doctor, in secret, for \"an operation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Androgynes\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1903, a tale of faithfulness and fickleness amidst the vicious rivalries of the literary and artistic worlds, presents a lush and decadent Paris, replete with cross-dressers, opium smoking, and a provocative miscellany of amour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntensely interesting and intriguing, with their zestful mixture of tragic lamentation and ostentatious outrage, \u003cem\u003eThe Demi-Sexes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Androgynes\u003c\/em\u003e remain captivatingly readable and are sure to be found daring even by today's standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13388708\"\u003eJane de la Vaudère\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Snuggly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943813629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943813620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Snuggly Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42662018908397,"sku":"9781943813629","price":28.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2f3eddc1-07e8-4eea-8d34-24ebb9e26554.jpg?v=1649376774","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-demi-sexes-and-the-androgynes-9781943813629","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}