{"product_id":"contempt-alberto-moravia-9781590171226","title":"Contempt","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alberto Moravia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590171225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590171226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.04w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2004 pg. 121","brand":"Alberto Moravia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047872098559,"sku":"9781590171226","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a689e507-e81d-4e2d-a1ac-91b0f62a9af7.jpg?v=1684992635","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contempt-alberto-moravia-9781590171226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}