{"product_id":"vathek-beckford","title":"Vathek – William Beckford","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Such was the strictness of my justice, that I punished a crime even before it was committed.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Caliph Vathek is a man of boundless curiosity and appetite who renounces Islam to serve Eblis (the Devil) in exchange for the treasures of the pre-Adamite sultans. Accompanied by his wicked mother, he embarks on a journey of cruelty and excess, sacrificing fifty children to obtain the keys to the subterranean Hall of Eblis, where he finds not happiness, but eternal damnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeckett's 'Arabian tale' is a masterpiece of orientalist gothic. It is a wild, imaginative, and grotesque story that blends dark humor with a terrifying vision of hell and the consequences of unbridled ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Rémanence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53222387220826,"sku":null,"price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/6513\/4426\/files\/livre-vathek-william-beckford-editions-remanence-vue-3d_a4591f43-2a9f-430e-a3cc-17a2018a0481.jpg?v=1789563037","url":"https:\/\/editionsremanence.com\/en-us\/products\/vathek-beckford","provider":"Editions Rémanence","version":"1.0","type":"link"}