{"product_id":"baltasar-and-blimunda","title":"Baltasar and Blimunda","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrom José Saramago, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, \u003cem\u003e Baltasar and Blimunda\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"brilliant...enchanting novel\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/em\u003e of romance, deceit, religion, and magic set in eighteenth-century Portugal at the height of the Inquisition. \u003c\/strong\u003ePortugal, 1711: an amorous friar is pursued naked through the rubble-strewn streets of Lisbon; an enthusiastic procession of flagellants roars with pleasure over the damnation of adultery; a royal prince uses hapless sailors for target practice; and women dressed in colorful finery watch as lapsed converts and sorcerers are put to death by flames. In the midst of the terrors of the Inquisition and the plague, a seemingly mismatched couple discover the wonders of love. This poetic tale, graced with exquisite historical details and full of magic and adventure, is a tapestry of human folly and human will.","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45786795769903,"sku":"9780156005203","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/2855\/6847\/files\/imageloader_29da0fc2-9f07-4a0b-83c9-bc01b308db27.jpg?v=1786144923","url":"https:\/\/tssbooks.com\/products\/baltasar-and-blimunda","provider":"tssbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}