{"product_id":"how-the-french-invented-love-nine-hundred-years-of-passion-and-romance-9780062048318","title":"How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Absolutely marvelous...lively and learned....Marilyn Yalom's book is a distinguished contribution to our experience of a great literature, as well as an endearing memoir.\" --Diane Johnson, author of \u003cem\u003eLulu in Marrakech\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLe Divorce\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" An] enchanting tour of French literature--from Abelard and Heloise in the 12th century to Marguerite Duras in the 20th and Philippe Sollers in the 21st.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow the French Invented Love\u003c\/em\u003e is an entertaining and masterful history of love   la fran aise by acclaimed scholar Marilyn Yalom. Spanning the Middle Ages to the present, Yalom explores a love-obsessed culture through its great works of literature--from Moliere's comic love to the tragic love of Racine, from the existential love of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre to the romanticism of George Sand and Alfred de Musset. A thoroughly engaging homage to French culture and literature interlaced with the author's delicious personal anecdotes, \u003cem\u003eHow the French Invented Love\u003c\/em\u003e is ideal for fans of Alain de Botton, Adam Gopnik, and Simon Schama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYalom, Marilyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMarilyn Yalom was a former professor of French and a senior scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. She was the author of widely acclaimed books such as \u003cem\u003eA History of the Breast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA History of the Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBirth of the Chess Queen\u003c\/em\u003e, and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eHow the French Invented Love\u003c\/em\u003e. She lived in Palo Alto, California, with her husband, psychiatrist and author Irvin D. Yalom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513750229266,"sku":"9780062048318","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f04021d8-47c5-4f6b-83f5-d401993f29b8.jpg?v=1730966369","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-the-french-invented-love-nine-hundred-years-of-passion-and-romance-9780062048318","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}