{"product_id":"fards-and-poisons-paperback","title":"Fards and Poisons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Lorrain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrian Stableford\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFards and Poisons\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in 1903 and here made available for the first time in English in a translation by Brian Stableford, is one of the more eccentric works of the ever-eccentric Jean Lorrain. Defying the standard narrative expectations of short stories, the items in this volume might be seen as a series of gossipy character sketches, of actresses and mystics, gigolos and dowagers, of an entire rogues gallery of \u003cem\u003efin de si cle\u003c\/em\u003e types, which help explain how the author gained a reputation for corrupting public morals by literary means. Resembling fragments excised from a kind of endless series of conversations, the result is a strange literary collage that is perhaps the most quintessential of Lorrain's works: the slice of his life that pins his own literary \u003cem\u003epersona\u003c\/em\u003e most precisely, like a lepidopterist's long pin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded in the current volume, and for the first time republished since its initial appearance in \u003cem\u003eLe Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, is also the short story \"Victim\", for which Lorrain was disastrously sued, and convicted of, libel, the court imposing a massive punitive fine on the author and sentencing him to two months imprisonment, though the rulings were later overturned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42742563536959,"sku":"9781645250128","price":35.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e77708b5c6c2e0464a11eabbadbce9f3.webp?v=1765164164","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/fards-and-poisons-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}