{"product_id":"the-temptation-of-saint-anthony","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.\"","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48005534875837,"sku":"BS-TC0-759123","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780375759123-HD.jpg?v=1786935144","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/the-temptation-of-saint-anthony","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}