{"product_id":"robert-gluck-margery-kempe","title":"Robert Gluck: Margery Kempe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNYRB Books, 2020, softcover, 176 pages, \u003cspan\u003e12.7 x 1.3 x 20.2 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLust, religious zeal, and heartache come together in this provocative novel about two infatuations, one between a man and his young lover in the late 20th century and another between a 15th-century maiden and Jesus Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMargery Kempe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tale of romantic obsession. It chronicles two relationships which take place in disparate worlds, separated by five centuries. The failed saint Margery Kempe lived in the fifteenth century, when she wrote what is believed to be the first autobiography. In Robert Glück's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMargery Kempe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the author's love for a young man, L., frames the story of Kempe's mythical sexual desire and emotional passion for Jesus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58606971027840,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/810nslGiP5L._SY522.jpg?v=1785758101","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/robert-gluck-margery-kempe","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}