{"product_id":"time-must-have-a-stop-9781628976632","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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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. The novel that Huxley himself thought was his most successful at \"fusing idea with story,\" \u003cem\u003eTime Must Have a Stop\u003c\/em\u003e  is part of Huxley's lifelong attempt to explore the dilemmas of a twentieth-century person and to create characters who, though ill-equipped to solve the dilemmas, all go stumbling on in their painfully serious comedies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628976632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300","brand":"Aldous Huxley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715528421557,"sku":"9781628976632","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ccef0092-8295-4aa5-b37d-b7f37e84c222.jpg?v=1781713269","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/time-must-have-a-stop-9781628976632","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}