How to Get Over a Breakup

<p><b>A modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid's <i>Remedies for Love</i>--a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of love</b> <p/>Breakups are the worst. On one scale devised by psychiatrists only a spouse's death was ranked as more stressful than a marital split. Is there any treatment for a breakup? The ancient Roman poet Ovid thought so. Having become famous for teaching the art of seduction in <i>The Art of Love</i> he then wrote <i>Remedies for Love </i>(<i>Remedia Amoris</i>) which presents thirty-eight frank and witty strategies for coping with unrequited love falling out of love ending a relationship and healing a broken heart. <i>How to Get Over a Breakup </i>presents an unabashedly modern prose translation of Ovid's lighthearted and provocative work complete with a lively introduction and the original Latin on facing pages. <p/>Ovid's advice--which he illustrates with ingenious interpretations of classical mythology--ranges from the practical psychologically astute and profound to the ironic deliberately offensive and bizarre. Some advice is conventional--such as staying busy not spending time alone and avoiding places associated with an ex. Some is off-color such as having sex until you're sick of it. And some is simply and delightfully weird--such as becoming a lawyer and not eating arugula. <p/>Whether his advice is good or bad entertaining or outrageous <i>How to Get Over a Breakup</i> reveals an Ovid who sounds startlingly modern.</p>