{"product_id":"time-must-have-a-stop","title":"Time Must Have a Stop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e comes the story of Sebastian Barnack, a naive young poet on holiday with his uncle in Florence--where his real education begins\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel that Huxley himself thought was his most successful at \"fusing idea with story,\" \u003cem\u003eTime Must Have a Stop \u003c\/em\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":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54516221804910,"sku":"9781628976632","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_d58ac96e-5995-4565-9b53-270950cbb85b.jpg?v=1786374665","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/time-must-have-a-stop","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}