{"product_id":"9789635258260","title":"Madame Chrysantheme","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFull text.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Loti's novel Madame Chrysanthème (1888) enjoyed great popularity during the author's lifetime, served as a source of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, and remains in print to this day as a classic in Western literature. Loti's story, cast in the form of his fictionalized diary, describes the affair between a French naval officer and Chrysanthème, a temporary \"bride\" purchased in Nagasaki. More broadly, Loti's novel helped define the terms in which Occidentals perceived Japan as delicate, feminine, and, to use one of Loti's favorite words, \"preposterous\"-in short, ripe for exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booklassic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185018454256,"sku":"9789635258260","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789635258260_p0.jpg?v=1763684929","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789635258260","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}