{"product_id":"9781590512784","title":"The Last Rendezvous","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Women are not supposed to write; yet I write.” –Marceline Desbordes-Valmore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1817, at the late age of thirty-three,Marceline Desbordes, the actress and Romantic poet–the only woman counted by Paul Verlaine among his \u003ci\u003epoètes maudits\u003c\/i\u003e, or “accursed poets,” a group that included Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, and Alfred de Vigny–marries Prosper Valmore, a fellow actor who brings love and stability to her tumultuous life. Such stability is short-lived, however:When she meets Henri de Latouche, an influential man of letters, they soon begin a passionate affair. Although their tryst does not last more than a year, their relationship survives through letters and memory. It sparks inspiration in Marceline’s work and leads her to create some of the most beautiful poetry in French literature. A talented poet, a romantic woman, a passionate lover, a nurturing mother, and a child at heart, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore is rescued from obscurity through Plantagenet’s dazzling writing in this fictionalized biography. The book will include a selection of Desbordes-Valmore’s poems in the original French and in an English translation by the Pulitzer Prize—winning poet Louis Simpson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Other Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041025442032,"sku":"9781590512784","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590512784_p0.jpg?v=1763803439","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590512784","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}