{"product_id":"how-to-get-over-a-breakup-an-ancient-guide-to-moving-on-9780691220307","title":"How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving on","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid's \u003ci\u003eRemedies for Love\u003c\/i\u003e--a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of love\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBreakups are the worst. On one scale devised by psychiatrists, only a spouse's death was ranked as more stressful than a marital split. Is there any treatment for a breakup? The ancient Roman poet Ovid thought so. Having become famous for teaching the art of seduction in \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, he then wrote \u003ci\u003eRemedies for Love \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eRemedia Amoris\u003c\/i\u003e), which presents thirty-eight frank and witty strategies for coping with unrequited love, falling out of love, ending a relationship, and healing a broken heart. \u003ci\u003eHow to Get Over a Breakup \u003c\/i\u003epresents an unabashedly modern prose translation of Ovid's lighthearted and provocative work, complete with a lively introduction and the original Latin on facing pages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOvid's advice--which he illustrates with ingenious interpretations of classical mythology--ranges from the practical, psychologically astute, and profound to the ironic, deliberately offensive, and bizarre. Some advice is conventional--such as staying busy, not spending time alone, and avoiding places associated with an ex. Some is off-color, such as having sex until you're sick of it. And some is simply and delightfully weird--such as becoming a lawyer and not eating arugula. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether his advice is good or bad, entertaining or outrageous, \u003ci\u003eHow to Get Over a Breakup\u003c\/i\u003e reveals an Ovid who sounds startlingly modern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Fontaine\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of classics at Cornell University. His books include three other volumes in the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series, \u003ci\u003eHow to Grieve\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Tell a Joke\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow to Drink\u003c\/i\u003e (all Princeton).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614712434962,"sku":"9780691220307","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e59de776-450c-4615-93f3-0a9e395204e4.jpg?v=1732457696","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-get-over-a-breakup-an-ancient-guide-to-moving-on-9780691220307","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}