How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance

by Marilyn Yalom

Book Overview

"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." --Diane Johnson, author of Lulu in Marrakech and Le Divorce

" 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." --Publishers Weekly (starred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062048317
• ISBN13: 9780062048318
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 7.9"