{"product_id":"9780984639236","title":"The Shock of Love","description":"THE SHOCK of LOVE is a book about spirit.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book within a book. The book found within is a manuscript entitled THE SHOCK\u003cbr\u003eof LOVE. It is purportedly written by Paolo\u003cbr\u003eCellini, Professor of Romance Languages and a student of the era of the troubadours and courtly love. Based on the idea of a book of the heart, current during that time,\u003cbr\u003eit is divided into nine chapters that give allegorical detail of the journey of love, a love that completes the spirit in a person.\u003cbr\u003eThere the reader follows the courtship, the\u003cbr\u003e'alchemical' marriage, and the dark gestation before emerging transformed and completed. The outer book, the book that encloses the found manuscript, tells the story of Cellini as well as speculating on why it came to be written.","brand":"All Things That Matter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023951085808,"sku":"9780984639236","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780984639236_p0.jpg?v=1763888220","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984639236","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}