{"product_id":"the-palace-of-eros","title":"The Palace of Eros","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'A brilliant and luminous writer' Madeline Miller, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Song of Achilles \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCirce\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive' Cristina Garcia, author of \u003cem\u003eDreaming in Cuban\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'A natural storyteller' \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \n            \u003cstrong\u003eTheirs was a love that defied the gods...\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \n          \u003cp\u003eBeautiful, 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          \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          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003eGloriously anarchic and seductive, Caro De Robertis' gender-fluid retelling of this classic myth is a masterpiece.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003eGLOWING READER REVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'A beautiful story about the power of autonomy'            \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'Heart-wrenching, hard-hitting, beautifully written, sumptuous, poetic, romantic, and (because Eros is the goddess of desire) utterly scorching in places'            \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'A gorgeous retelling, and one I will no doubt read again!            \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'Overall, stunning prose, incredible chemistry, gorgeous characters, just a beauty of a retelling!'            \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cem\u003eThe Palace of Eros was a Sunday Times bestseller w\/c 19\/08\/24\u003c\/em\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 320 pages | Published July 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63977901883741,"sku":"9780008643324","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780008643324.jpg?v=1774446891","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-palace-of-eros","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}