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THE GOLDEN ASS
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| By: |
David Timson, Apuleius, E.J. Kenney (Trans) |
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CD-Audio |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1781980586 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781781980583 |
| Publisher: |
NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
31 August, 2017 |
| Edition: |
Unabridged edition |
| Translated from: |
Latin |
| Description: |
`What's this we have to put up with now? An ass giving us a philosophy lecture?' In this ancient picaresque adventure, Lucius, an insatiably curious young man, finds himself transformed into a donkey after his fascination with black magic and witchcraft goes awry. |
| Synopsis: |
`What's this we have to put up with now? An ass giving us a philosophy lecture?' In this ancient picaresque adventure, Lucius, an insatiably curious young man, finds himself transformed into a donkey after his fascination with black magic and witchcraft goes awry. While trapped in his new body, he becomes the property of thieves, farmers, cooks, soldiers and priests, and observes the hypocrisy and ineptitude of Imperial Roman society. The Golden Ass is considered the only novel to survive theRoman period, and the earliest novel to survive complete in the Western literary tradition. It is brimming with slapstick humour and sexual escapades, and foreshadows later works by Boccaccio, Rabelais, Cervantes and Chaucer, upon whom it was a direct influence. |
| Publication: |
Hong Kong |
| Imprint: |
Naxos AudioBooks |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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