{"product_id":"casanova-the-irresistible-phillippe-sollers-9780252039980","title":"Casanova the Irresistible","description":"His is a name synonymous with seduction. His was a life lived without limits. Giacomo Casanova left behind thousands of pages detailing his years among Europe's notable and noble. In \u003ci\u003eCasanova the Irresistible\u003c\/i\u003e, Philippe Sollers--prolific intellectual and revered visionary of the French avant-garde--proffers a lively reading of and guide to the famed libertine's sprawling memoir. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Armine Kotin Mortimer's translation of Sollers's reading tracks the alluring Venetian through the whole of his astounding and disreputable life. Eschewing myth, Sollers dares to present the plain realities of a man \"simple, direct, courageous, cultivated, seductive, funny. A philosopher in action.\" The lovers are here, and the ruses and adventures. But Sollers also rescues Casanova the writer, a gifted composer of words who reigns as a titan of eighteenth-century literature. As always, Sollers seeks to shame society for its failure to recognize its failings. By admiring those of Casanova's admirable qualities present in himself, Sollers spurns bourgeois hypocrisy and cliché to affirm a jocund philosophy of life devoted to the twinned pursuits of pleasure and joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A masterful translation that captures Sollers's idiosyncratic style, \u003ci\u003eCasanova the Irresistible\u003c\/i\u003e escorts readers on a journey into the heads and hearts of two singular personalities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillippe Sollers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 025203998X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252039980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Phillippe Sollers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064802423039,"sku":"9780252039980","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d410180f-b64c-4426-9240-55d7fc4a2b37.jpg?v=1768671126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/casanova-the-irresistible-phillippe-sollers-9780252039980","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}