{"product_id":"boredom-9781590171219","title":"Boredom","description":"The novels that the great Italian writer Alberto Moravia wrote in the years following the World War II represent an extraordinary survey of the range of human behavior in a fragmented modern society. \u003ci\u003eBoredom\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of a failed artist and pampered son of a rich family who becomes dangerously attached to a young model, examines the complex relations between money, sex, and imperiled masculinity. This powerful and disturbing study in the pathology of modern life is one of the masterworks of a writer whom as Anthony Burgess once remarked, was \"always trying to get to the bottom of the human imbroglio.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlberto Moravia (1907-1990), the child of a wealthy family, was raised at home because of illness. He published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Time of Indifference, \u003c\/i\u003e at the age of twenty-three. Banned from publishing under Mussolini, he emerged after World War II as one of the most admired and influential twentieth-century Italian writers. Among his best-known books to have appeared in English are Boredom, The Woman of Rome, The Conformist (the basis for Bernardo Bertolucci's film), Roman Tales, Contempt (the basis for Jean-Luc Godard's film), and Two Women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Weaver is celebrated for his numerous translations from the Italian, including Umberto Eco's \u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Rose\u003c\/i\u003e and novels and stories by Italo Calvino.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473937240338,"sku":"9781590171219","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15e845af-0f29-4395-a32f-f51e39fe4408.jpg?v=1730208576","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/boredom-9781590171219","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}