9780062048318-0062048317-How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance

How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance

ISBN-13: 9780062048318
ISBN-10: 0062048317
Edition: Original
Author: Marilyn Yalom
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback 416 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780062048318
ISBN-10: 0062048317
Edition: Original
Author: Marilyn Yalom
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback 416 pages

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How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance (ISBN-13: 9780062048318 and ISBN-10: 0062048317), written by authors Marilyn Yalom, was published by Harper Perennial in 2012. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Feminist Theory (Women's Studies) books. You can easily purchase or rent How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Feminist Theory books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.55.

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“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 Lulu in Marrakech and Le Divorce

“[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.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

How the French Invented Love is an entertaining and masterful history of love à la française 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, How the French Invented Love is ideal for fans of Alain de Botton, Adam Gopnik, and Simon Schama.

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