{"product_id":"the-lays-of-marie-de-france-2","title":"Lays of Marie De France","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe twelve \"lays\" of the mysterious medieval poet Mariede France are here presented in sprightly English verse by poet andtranslator David R. Slavitt. Traditional Breton folktales were the rawmaterial for Marie de France's series of lively but profoundconsiderations of love, life, death, fidelity and betrayal, and luckand fate. They offer acute observations about the choices that womenmake, startling in the late twelfth century and challenging even today.Combining a keen wit with an impressive technical bravura, the lays area minor treasure of European culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e… It was with some shame\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethat he explained how, in the wood,\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehe lived on whatever prey he could\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecapture and kill. She digested this\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand then inquired of him what his\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecostume was in these bizarre\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eforays. \"Lady, werewolves are\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecompletely naked,\" was his reply.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe laughed at this (I can't guess why)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand asked him where he hid his clothes—\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eto make conversation, I suppose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32061215866963,"sku":"","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781927356357.jpg?v=1781075734","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-lays-of-marie-de-france-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}