{"product_id":"the-palace-of-eros-caro-de-robertis-9780008643324","title":"The Palace of Eros","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant and luminous writer' Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive' Cristina Garcia, author of Dreaming in Cuban\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A natural storyteller' Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheirs was a love that defied the gods...\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\u003eEros, 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\u003eGloriously anarchic and seductive, Caro De Robertis' gender-fluid retelling of this classic myth is a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGLOWING READER REVIEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful story about the power of autonomy'            \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Heart-wrenching, hard-hitting, beautifully written, sumptuous, poetic, romantic, and (because Eros is the goddess of desire) utterly scorching in places'            \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A gorgeous retelling, and one I will no doubt read again!            \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Overall, stunning prose, incredible chemistry, gorgeous characters, just a beauty of a retelling!'            \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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)'            \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Palace of Eros was a Sunday Times bestseller w\/c 19\/08\/24\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caro De Robertis","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48493251821811,"sku":"9780008643324","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780008643324.jpg?v=1770663898","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-palace-of-eros-caro-de-robertis-9780008643324","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}