{"product_id":"conjugal-love-paperback-by-alberto-moravia","title":"Conjugal Love Paperback by Alberto Moravia","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eOther Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-09-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e160\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781635426076\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e170.1\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.27 x 13.26 x 1.22\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this modern classic from the renowned Italian author, an aspiring writer’s career and marriage threaten to come undone against the heady backdrop of 1930s Tuscany. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo begin with I’d like to talk about my wife. To love means, in addition to many other things, to delight in gazing upon and observing the beloved.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Silvio, a rich Italian dilettante, and his beautiful wife agree to move to the country and forgo sex so that he will have the energy to write a successful novel, something is bound to go wrong: Silvio’s literary ambitions are far too big for his second-rate talent, and his wife Leda is a passionate woman. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis dangerously combustible situation explodes when Leda accuses Antonio, the local barber who comes every morning to shave Silvio, of trying to molest her. Silvio obstinately refuses to dismiss him, and the quarrel and its shattering consequences put the couple’s love to the test.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlberto Moravia\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Rome in 1907, was one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century. His novels, which include \u003ci\u003eThe Woman of Rome, The Conformist, Contempt\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwo Women\u003c\/i\u003e, were adapted into films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Jean-Luc Godard. He died in 1990.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarina Harss\u003c\/b\u003e's translations include \u003ci\u003eFor Solo Violin (Per Vionlino Solo)\u003c\/i\u003e, a war memoir by Aldo Zargani, and stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda\u003c\/i\u003e, by Sonia Rivera-Vald. Her translations have also appeared in \u003ci\u003eBomb, Brooklyn Rail,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAutadafe\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a researcher at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46953420390561,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781635426076","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781635426076.jpg?v=1788250283","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/conjugal-love-paperback-by-alberto-moravia","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}