{"product_id":"9780940322356","title":"Memoirs of Lorenzo Da Ponte","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlot and counterplot lie at the heart of\u003ci\u003e Don Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosì fan tutte\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Figaro\u003c\/i\u003e, the three brilliant libretti that Lorenzo Da Ponte prepared for Mozart. They were also central to Da Ponte's own extraordinary life. His \u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e record a fantastic variety of romantic, political, and professional intrigues, and tell of meetings with a host of remarkable men. In a life that took him from the canals of Venice to the streets of New York, Da Ponte was at different times priest, professional gambler, proprietor of a bordello, political agitator, court poet, impresario, grocery store owner, and the first professor of Italian literature at Columbia University. His \u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e, a minor classic of Italian literature, are the picaresque and engrossing story of a man of enormous talent and unsurpassed flair who was, above all, an indefatigable survivor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I shall speak of things . . . so singular in their oddity as in some manner to instruct, or at least entertain, without wearying.\" —Lorenzo da Ponte\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028732952816,"sku":"9780940322356","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780940322356_p0.jpg?v=1763869887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780940322356","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}