{"product_id":"9780062048318","title":"How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance","description":"\u003cp\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.”\u003cbr\u003e—Diane Johnson, author of \u003cb\u003eLulu in Marrakech\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLe Divorce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the French Invented Love\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003cb\u003eHow the French Invented Love\u003c\/b\u003e is ideal for fans of Alain de Botton, Adam Gopnik, and Simon Schama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010003550448,"sku":"9780062048318","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062048318_p0.jpg?v=1763625574","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062048318","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}