{"product_id":"the-temptation-of-saint-anthony-9780375759123","title":"The Temptation of Saint Anthony","description":"A book that deeply influenced the young Freud and was the inspiration for many artists, \u003cb\u003eThe Temptation of Saint Anthony\u003c\/b\u003e was Flaubert's lifelong work, thirty years in the making. Based on the story of the third-century saint who lived on an isolated mountaintop in the Egyptian desert, it is a fantastical rendering of one night during which Anthony is besieged by carnal temptations and philosophical doubt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classic reproduces the distinguished Lafcadio Hearn translation, which translator Richard Sieburth calls \"a splendid period piece from one of America's premier translators of nineteenth-century French prose. In Lafcadio Hearn's Latinate rendering, Flaubert's experimental drama of the modern consciousness reads as weirdly as its oneiric original.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichel Foucault (1926-1984) was a philosopher and the author of\u003ci\u003e Madness and Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649793233170,"sku":"9780375759123","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3c7e076b-41de-4c53-9ae0-7dd663fcd919.jpg?v=1733273935","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-temptation-of-saint-anthony-9780375759123","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}