{"product_id":"memoirs-of-lorenzo-da-ponte-9780940322356","title":"Memoirs of Lorenzo Da Ponte","description":"Plot and counterplot lie at the heart of\u003ci\u003e Don Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCos  fan tutte\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Figaro\u003c\/i\u003e, the three brilliant libretti that Lorenzo Da Ponte prepared for Mozart. They were also central to Da Ponte's own extraordinary life. His \u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e record a fantastic variety of romantic, political, and professional intrigues, and tell of meetings with a host of remarkable men. In a life that took him from the canals of Venice to the streets of New York, Da Ponte was at different times priest, professional gambler, proprietor of a bordello, political agitator, court poet, impresario, grocery store owner, and the first professor of Italian literature at Columbia University. His \u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e, a minor classic of Italian literature, are the picaresque and engrossing story of a man of enormous talent and unsurpassed flair who was, above all, an indefatigable survivor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I shall speak of things . . . so singular in their oddity as in some manner to instruct, or at least entertain, without wearying.\" --Lorenzo da Ponte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780940322356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 4.96w x 1.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2000 pg. 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 144\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lorenzo Da Ponte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935550738613,"sku":"9780940322356","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1fd17999-5087-4eb1-9e26-1d2629f36113.jpg?v=1688489193","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/memoirs-of-lorenzo-da-ponte-9780940322356","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}