{"product_id":"the-life-of-an-unknown-alain-corbin-9780231118408","title":"The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in Nineteenth-Century France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"My task is piecing together a puzzle... I hope to reconstitute the existence of a person whose memory has been abolished.... I want to re-create him, to give him a second chance... to become part of the memory of his century.\" \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith these words, Alain Corbin embarks on a journey that is part history and part metaphysics: recreating the life and world of a man about whom nothing is known except for his entries in the civil registries and historical knowledge about the times in which he lived. Risen from death and utter obscurity is Louis-Fran輟is Pinagot, a forester and clog maker who lived during the heart of the nineteenth century--the age of Romanticism, of Hugo and Berlioz--from the Napoleonic Wars to the Third Republic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a fascinating picture of the way people lived along the forest's edge during this tumultuous and eventful time in the history of France--and of the world. How did the residents of this unique community live and work together? How did life in the village differ from life in the forest? How did the church and various governments of France affect the everyday lives of these people, and of Pinagot in particular? With \u003ci\u003eThe Life of an Unknown, \u003c\/i\u003eAlain Corbin presents a full record of a life, comprised of supposition, with room for each reader to insert his\/her own imaginings onto the scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmbitious in its aims and exquisite in its execution, \u003ci\u003eThe Life of an Unknown \u003c\/i\u003eis nothing short of a bold and successful attempt by a master to correct historians' all-too-common neglect of those relegated to oblivion with the passage of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain Corbin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231118406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231118408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.34w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/11\/2001 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2002 pg. 1486\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2001 pg. 32","brand":"Alain Corbin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056684298495,"sku":"9780231118408","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26a1720b-0b31-47a0-97cc-fae5ae9ec5bc.jpg?v=1685042689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-of-an-unknown-alain-corbin-9780231118408","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}