{"product_id":"9781628976632","title":"Time Must Have a Stop","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e comes the story of Sebastian Barnack, a naive young poet on holiday with his uncle in Florence—where his real education begins\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003eAgainst his father’s wishes, Sebastian visits his uncle in Italy with the objective of finding formal wear, but stumbles into so much more than a shopping trip. Among other adventures, he embarks upon his first love affair with an older woman; inherits, sells, then steals a Dégas painting; attends a botched séance; and incurs the wrath of the Italian Fascisti. As always with Huxley’s fiction, a genuine novel-of-ideas lurks just beneath the satirical surface, as Sebastian’s heart is torn between two competing philosophies: the hedonistic materialism embodied by his uncle Eustace and the spiritual wisdom of his uncle Bruno.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe novel that Huxley himself thought was his most successful at \"fusing idea with story,\" \u003ci\u003eTime Must Have a Stop \u003c\/i\u003eis part of Huxley's lifelong attempt to explore the dilemmas of twentieth-century persons and to create characters who, though ill-equipped to solve those dilemmas, all go stumbling on in their painfully serious comedies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43476345323581,"sku":"9781628976632","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781628976632_p0.jpg?v=1786801598","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781628976632","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}