{"product_id":"with-the-flow","title":"With the Flow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOnly edition in print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe   lowly, downtrodden Paris civil servant Jean Folantin seeks respite from the   boredom and isolation of his life in the small joys of food and the   occasional embraces of a prostitute. But whatever he does, wherever he turns   in his quest for some pleasure, his dissatisfaction only increases, until he   is forced to realize that he has to abandon all hope and just “go with the   flow”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 1882 novella, a key work in Huysmans’ literary development –   prefiguring in its protagonist the figure of Jean des Esseintes, the hero of   À rebours, written two years later – is accompanied here by another masterly   study of human despair, ‘M. Bougran’s Retirement’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alma Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54260223672664,"sku":"9781847498342","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781847498342_43fce71b-fc16-47dd-a91d-2abe2eb33a56.jpg?v=1778629526","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/with-the-flow","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}