{"product_id":"confessions-by-augustine-9781631496004","title":"Confessions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis long-awaited translation of \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e, which Stephen Greenblatt describes as central to the legacy of Adam and Eve, enlivens the beguiling world of late antiquity. No modern, well-versed literature lover can call her education complete without having read Augustine’s \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most original works of world literature, it is the first autobiography ever written, influencing writers from Montaigne to Rousseau, Virginia Woolf to Gertrude Stein, and most recently informing Stephen Greenblatt’s provocative thesis about one of our foundational mythologies in \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is here that we learn how one of the greatest saints in Christendom overcame a wild and reckless past, complete with a rambunctious posse of friends, an overly doting mother, and an affair that produced a \"bastard\" child. Yet English translators have long emphasized the ecclesiastical virtues of Augustine's masterpiece, often at the expense of its passion and literary vigour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRestoring the lyricism of Augustine’s original language, Peter Constantine offers a masterful and elegant rendering of \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e in what will be a classic for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596042584300,"sku":"9781631496004","price":47.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/30461ceb3978dcf0b3c039b90df7c86e.jpg?v=1777931848","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/confessions-by-augustine-9781631496004","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}