{"product_id":"the-immoralist-by-andre-gide-9780141182995","title":"The Immoralist","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.” - André Gide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichel had been a blindfolded scholar until, newly married, he contracted tuberculosis. His will to recover brings self-discovery and the growing desire to rebel against his background of culture, decency, and morality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut the freedom from constraints that Michel finds on his restless travels is won at great cost. And freedom itself, he finds, can be a burden. André Gide’s novel \u003cem\u003eThe Immoralist\u003c\/em\u003e examines the inevitable conflicts that arise when a pleasure seeker challenges conventional society and, without moralising, it raises complex issues involving the extent of personal responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46298762051820,"sku":"9780141182995","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6631933482238.jpg?v=1743040749","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-immoralist-by-andre-gide-9780141182995","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}