{"product_id":"life-of-saint-teresa-of-avila-by-herself-translated-by-j-m-cohen-1957","title":"Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself. Translated by J.M. Cohen. 1957.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in the Castilian town of Ávila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was fwenty-one Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many visions and mystical experiences, including the piercing of her heart by a spear of divine love. She went on to found seventeen Carmelite monasteries throughout Spain. Teresa always denied her own saintliness, how-ever, saying in a letter: There is no suggestion of that nonsense about my supposed sanctity! This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life and a literary masterpiece after Don Quixote, it is Spain's most widely read prose classic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. M. Cohen's lively translation captures the immediacy of the ori-ginal, while his introduction places this extraordinary woman in her religious, historical and biographical context.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Browse Books","offers":[{"title":"Medium paperback \/ 9780140440737","offer_id":42746446250066,"sku":"Cohen57","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2696\/2492\/files\/3CFBCA66-A291-408B-BAE0-DC018AC34807.jpg?v=1791434740","url":"https:\/\/browsebooks.com.au\/products\/life-of-saint-teresa-of-avila-by-herself-translated-by-j-m-cohen-1957","provider":"Browse Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}