{"product_id":"contempt-isbn-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.Rich in substance and resonant with meaning…a rare achievement.\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoravia remains one of the twentieth century’s smoothest and most entertaining poets of paralysis, of the genial ennui generated by the triumph of materialism over humane values…his novels offer a bracing counterpoint to today’s soft-hearted and -headed fiction.\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlberto Moravia\u003c\/b\u003e (1907–1990) was one of Italy’s greatest twentieth-century writers. Among his best-known books to have appeared in English are \u003ci\u003eBoredom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman of Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Conformist \u003c\/i\u003e(the basis for Bernardo Bertolucci’s film), \u003ci\u003eRoman Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContempt\u003c\/i\u003e (the basis for Jean-Luc Godard’s film), and \u003ci\u003eTwo Women\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Parks\u003c\/b\u003e, a novelist, essayist, and translator, is Associate Professor of Literature and Translation at IULM University in Milan. His books include \u003ci\u003eTeach Us to Sit Still: A Skeptic’s Search for Health and Healing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Server.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305267253477,"sku":"NP9781590171226","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590171226.jpg?v=1767724075","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/contempt-isbn-9781590171226","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}