{"title":"Guido Morselli","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the darkly comic and philosophical novels of Guido Morselli. An Italian master of existential satire, his thought-provoking works explore alienation and absurdity with profound insight. Start your Morselli journey here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dissipatio-h-g-book-guido-morselli-9781681374765","title":"Dissipatio H.G.","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fantastic and philosophical vision of the apocalypse by one of the most striking Italian novelists of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From his solitary \u003ci\u003ebuen retiro\u003c\/i\u003e in the mountains, the last man on earth drives to the capital Chrysopolis to see if anyone else has survived the Vanishing. But there's no one else, living or dead, in that city of \"holy plutocracy,\" with its fifty-six banks and as many churches. He'd left the metropolis to escape his fellow humans and their struggles and ambitions, but to find that the entire human race has evaporated in an instant is more than he had bargained for. Meanwhile, life itself-the rest of nature-is just beginning to flourish now that human beings are gone.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Guido Morselli's arresting postapocalyptic novel, written just before he died by suicide in 1973, depicts a man much like the author himself-lonely, brilliant, difficult-and a world much like our own, mesmerized by money, speed, and machines. \u003ci\u003eDissipatio H.G.\u003c\/i\u003e is a precocious portrait of our Anthropocene world, and a philosophical last will and testament from a great Italian outsider.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49739172118801,"sku":"NGR9781681374765","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49934571208977,"sku":"CIN1681374765G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50120621457681,"sku":"CIN1681374765VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50769245569297,"sku":"GOR012439237","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53102246625553,"sku":"NIN9781681374765","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1681374765.jpg?v=1750960840"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-guido-morselli.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}