How the French Invented Love : Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance Paperback - 2012
by Marilyn Yalom
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
Description
About ThriftBooks Washington, United States
From the largest selection of used titles, we put quality, affordable books into the hands of readers
Details
- Title How the French Invented Love : Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance
- Author Marilyn Yalom
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, U.S.A.
- Date 2012
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0062048317I4N00
- ISBN 9780062048318 / 0062048317
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.4 x 1.2 in (20.07 x 13.72 x 3.05 cm)
-
Themes
- Cultural Region: French
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical:
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Love in literature, Sex customs - France - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.709
From the rear cover
Oh, how the French love love! For hundreds of years, they have championed themselves as guides to the art de l'amour through their literature, paintings, songs, and cinema. A French man or woman without amorous desire is considered defective, like someone missing the sense of smell or taste. Now revered scholar Marilyn Yalom intimately examines the tenets of this culture's enduring gospel of romance.
Basing her delightfully erudite findings on her extensive readings of French literature, as well as memories of her personal experiences in la belle France, Yalom explores the many nuances of love as it has evolved over the centuries, from the Middle Ages to the present. Following along, step-by-step, on her romance-tinged literary detective hunt, the reader discovers how the French invented love, how they have kept it vibrant for more than nine centuries, what is unique in the French love experience, and what is universal.
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 10/01/2012, Page 14
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/15/2012, Page 0
- New Yorker (The), 02/04/2013, Page 74
- Publishers Weekly, 06/04/2012, Page 41
- Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/05/2012, Page 34