{"product_id":"9780393244472","title":"Paris Red: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003cem\u003eGirl with a Pearl Earring\u003c\/em\u003e, a “beautiful, brilliant, delicious” (Elizabeth McCracken) novel about Edouard Manet’s muse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParis, 1862. A young girl in a threadbare dress and green boots, hungry for experience, meets the mysterious and wealthy artist Édouard Manet. The encounter will change her—and the art world—forever.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt seventeen, Victorine Meurent abandons her old life to become immersed in the Parisian society of dance halls and cafés, meeting writers and artists like Baudelaire and Alfred Stevens. As Manet’s model, Victorine explores a world of new possibilities and stirs the artist to push the boundaries of painting in his infamous portrait Olympia, which scandalizes even the most cosmopolitan city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManet becomes himself because of Victorine. But who does she become, that figure on the divan?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntense, erotic, and beautifully wrought, \u003cem\u003eParis Red\u003c\/em\u003e evokes the unconventional love story of a painter and his muse that changed the history of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121553162480,"sku":"9780393244472","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393244472_p0.jpg?v=1769892939","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393244472","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}