{"product_id":"contempt-paperback-1","title":"Contempt - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlberto Moravia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Parks\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eAngus Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContempt\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and unsettling work by one of the revolutionary masters of modern European literature. All the qualities for which Alberto Moravia is justly famous--his cool clarity of expression, his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension, his still-striking openness about sex--are evident in this story of a failing marriage. \u003ci\u003eContempt\u003c\/i\u003e (which was to inspire Jean-Luc Godard's no-less-celebrated film) is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlberto Moravia\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-1990) was one of Italy's greatest twentieth-century writers. Among his best-known books to have appeared in English are \u003ci\u003eBoredom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman of Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Conformist \u003c\/i\u003e(the basis for Bernardo Bertolucci's film), \u003ci\u003eRoman Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContempt\u003c\/i\u003e (the basis for Jean-Luc Godard's film), and \u003ci\u003eTwo Women\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Parks\u003c\/b\u003e, a novelist, essayist, and translator, is Associate Professor of Literature and Translation at IULM University in Milan. His books include \u003ci\u003eTeach Us to Sit Still: A Skeptic's Search for Health and Healing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Server.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.06 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730417389631,"sku":"9781590171226","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9bf4759515fddb29bdf8c24e54ae5b48.webp?v=1765125876","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/contempt-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}