{"product_id":"ladder-of-shadows-gustaf-sobin-9780520253353","title":"Ladder of Shadows: Reflecting on Medieval Vestige in Provence and Languedoc","description":"Bits of late Roman coinage, the mutilated torso of a marble Venus, blue debris from an early medieval glassworks, and the powder rasped from the reputed tomb of Mary Magdalene--these tantalizing mementos of human history found scattered throughout the landscape of southeastern France are the points of departure for Gustaf Sobin's lyrical narrative. A companion volume to his acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLuminous Debris, Ladder of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where the former left off: with late antiquity, covering a period from roughly the third to the thirteenth century. Here Sobin offers brilliant readings of late Roman and early Christian ruins in his adopted region of Provence, sifting through iconographic, architectural, and sacramental vestiges to shed light on nothing less than the existential itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gustaf Sobin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520253353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520253353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.46w x 0.67d","brand":"Gustaf Sobin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919946383615,"sku":"9780520253353","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5848d5b4-c9d4-4a5d-8bb6-7788384da4a9.jpg?v=1680812785","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ladder-of-shadows-gustaf-sobin-9780520253353","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}