{"product_id":"tristram-shandy-9781853262913","title":"Tristram Shandy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaurence Sterne's \u003cem\u003eThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman\u003c\/em\u003e is a huge literary paradox, for it is both a novel and an anti-novel. As a comic novel replete with bawdy humour and generous sentiments, it introduces us to a vivid group of memorable characters, variously eccentric, farcical and endearing. As an anti-novel, it is a deliberately tantalising and exuberantly egoistic work, ostentatiously digressive, involving the reader in the labyrinthine creation of a purported autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis mercurial eighteenth-century text thus anticipates modernism and postmodernism. Vibrant and bizarre, \u003cem\u003eTristram Shandy\u003c\/em\u003e provides an unforgettable experience. We may see why Nietzsche termed Sterne 'the most liberated spirit of all time'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853262913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Laurence Sterne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36669811458204,"sku":"9781853262913","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9a2fc5b1-40f5-4075-b645-1e1fb292f9b0.jpg?v=1603921112","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tristram-shandy-9781853262913","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}