{"product_id":"2940170250752","title":"Story of My Misfortunes, The (or: Historia Calamitatum)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAutobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating.Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, as of course doesthe very concept of Self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Abelard, the medieval philosopher and composer, here gives a concisebut vivid survey of his notoriously calamitous life. The work is couched in theform of a letter to an afflicted friend. Abelard's abrasively competitive, oftenarrogant personality emerges at once in the brief Foreword, where he informs hiscorrespondent: \"(I)n comparing your sorrows with mine, you may discover thatyours are in truth nought.. and so shall you come to bear them the more easily.\"(Summary by Martin Geeson)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123214074096,"sku":"2940170250752","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170250752_p0.jpg?v=1772801769","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170250752","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}