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Cotta embarks on a journey in search of Ovid and finds himself in a place where the ancient world and the twentieth century are one
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Acclaimed as a modern masterpiece and as one of the most important novels of our time. The Lost World is the story of a young man's quest for the exiled poet Ovid and the masterwork he has consigned to the flames. Ransmayr has created a visionary landscape, a transformed place where the ancient world meets the twentieth century. A metaphysical thriller both compelling and profound. The Last World draws the reader into a universe governed by the power or mythology, a world of decay on the brink of apocalypse. A novel about exile, censorship, and the destruction of the planet, this is a cultural and political fable that is blazingly topical, yet timeless.
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A young Roman, Cotta, sets out in search of the banished poet Ovid and his last work "Metamorphosis". In the corroded town of Tomi, on the shores of the Black Sea, he discovers an ominous world suffused in and dominated by Ovidian mythology, a world where ancient Rome meets the 20th century.
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- PublisherPaladin
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 058609069X
- ISBN 13 9780586090695
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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