{"product_id":"nietzsche-in-italy-9781782277286","title":"Nietzsche in Italy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating classic account of Nietzsche's travels in Italy at the end of the nineteenth century, where he found inspiration for his major works \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1929, \u003ci\u003eNietzsche in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e has never been out of print in France but has never been translated into English until now.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEndlessly fascinating and highly readable, \u003ci\u003eNietzsche in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e will enthrall anyone interested in Nietzsche's relationship with the country that enriched his soul more than any other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fifteen years, after his first visit to the country in 1876, Nietzsche was repeatedly and irresistibly drawn back to Italy's climate and lifestyle. It was there that he composed his most famous works, including \u003ci\u003eThus Spake Zarathustra\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This classic biography follows the troubled philosopher from Rome, to Florence, via Venice, Sorrento, Genoa, Sicily and finally to the tragic denouement in Turin, the city in which Nietzsche found a final measure of contentment before his irretrievable collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Berlin in 1881 to a Prussian aristocratic family, \u003cb\u003eGuy de Pourtalès\u003c\/b\u003e studied literature at the Sorbonne, married a Frenchwoman, and became a French citizen before fighting on the French side during the First World War. After the war, Pourtalès developed tuberculosis, and while convalescing wrote a series of popular novels and biographies, forming rich and lasting contacts with luminaries in the French literary community, including Paul Valéry and André Gide, as well as pro-French German language writers and poets such as Zweig and Rainer Maria Rilke. \u003ci\u003eNietzsche in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1929; it has never been out of print in France but has never been translated into English until now. Pourtalès finally succumbed to his illness in 1941.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWill Stone\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, essayist and literary translator. His translations for Pushkin Press include a series of titles by Stefan Zweig: \u003ci\u003eMontaigne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMessages from a Lost World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEncounters and Destinies, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the City\u003c\/i\u003e by Georg Simmel. His essays, reviews and poems have appeared in a range of publications including the \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50660986585362,"sku":"9781782277286","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8c08627-32e7-4c13-b6f0-76f0684e5b85.jpg?v=1733482619","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nietzsche-in-italy-9781782277286","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}