{"product_id":"2026200016192-secondhand-the-decameron","title":"The Decameron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the shadow of the Black Death, Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is one of the most audacious and enduring masterworks of medieval literature — a grand tapestry of one hundred stories told by ten young Florentines who have fled plague-ravaged Florence to the tranquil hills of Fiesole, spinning tales across ten glorious days. Ranging from the bawdy to the tragic, the pious to the profane, these narratives chronicle the full spectrum of human desire, wit, and folly, weaving together merchants, noblewomen, clergy, and lovers in a world where fortune is fickle and ingenuity is the greatest virtue.\n\nBoccaccio's genius lies in his radical democratisation of narrative — centuries before the novel as a form existed, he constructed a sophisticated frame story that elevated vernacular Italian prose to an art form, directly influencing Chaucer, Shakespeare, and countless writers who followed. The Decameron argues, with irresistible comic energy and piercing moral intelligence, that humanity's capacity for storytelling is itself a form of survival. This Penguin Classics edition brings one of literature's great monuments to a new generation of readers — and once you enter Boccaccio's world, you may find it impossible to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342773821659,"sku":"2026200016192-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8ca97272-bfaa-4b6b-a470-88ca6163d7a7.png?v=1790049086","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016192-secondhand-the-decameron","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}