{"product_id":"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.\"","brand":"Alberto Moravia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45895666008276,"sku":"9781590171219","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_16ac35f4-24a9-4925-9ce2-2e03dd71fe8d.jpg?v=1732355744","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781590171219","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}