{"product_id":"villa-of-delirium-hardcover","title":"Villa of Delirium - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdrien Goetz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatasha Lehrer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Terrific.\"--\u003cb\u003eEdmund de Waal, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLetters to Camondo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Makes you want to travel, do somersaults and stretches, drink champagne in evening dress, read, think ... Intoxicating.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the French Riviera in the early 1900s, an illustrious family in thrall to classical antiquity builds a fabulous villa--a replica of a Greek palace, complete with marble columns and frescoes depicting mythological gods. The Reinachs--related to other wealthy Jews like the Rothschilds and the Ephrussis--attempt to recreate a \"pure beauty\" lost in the 20th century. The narrator of this brilliant novel calls the imposing house an act of delirium, \"proof that one could travel back in time, just like resetting a clock, and resist the outside world.\" The story of the villa and its glamorous inhabitants is recounted by the son of a servant from the nearby estate of Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Paris tower, and the two contrasting structures present opposite responses to modernity. The son is adopted by the Reinachs, initiated into the era of Socrates and instructed in classical Greek. He joins a family pilgrimage to Athens, falls in love with a married woman, and survives the Nazi confiscation of the house and deportation to death camps of Reinach grandchildren. This is a Greek epic for the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading group guide for \u003ci\u003eVilla of Delirium\u003c\/i\u003e is available free of charge at newvesselpress.com.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrien Goetz\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist who teaches art history at the Sorbonne in Paris. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eGrande Galerie\u003c\/i\u003e, the quarterly magazine of the Louvre Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 321\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769415074080,"sku":"9781939931801","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4ec8b59d615c189fba5e304b2fa3d766.webp?v=1780347554","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/villa-of-delirium-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}