{"product_id":"a-severed-head-9780140020038","title":"A Severed Head","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel about the frightfulness and ruthlessness of being in love\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartin Lynch-Gibson believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional reeducation. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendor at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. As his Medusa informs him, \"this is nothing to do with happiness.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Severed Head\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted for a successful stage production in 1963 and was later made into a film starring Claire Bloom, Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, and Ian Holm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140020038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.07w x 0.50d","brand":"Iris Murdoch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634739441820,"sku":"9780140020038","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b183a1c9-1963-4271-bd06-3c7b6d5fd97a.jpg?v=1603837527","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-severed-head-9780140020038","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}