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An imaginary life

An imaginary life

by David Malouf

PoetsFiction in EnglishExilesFictionIn literature
3.5
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

The Roman poet Ovid, exiled to a remote village on the edge of the Black Sea, tells the story of his meeting with a feral boy, brought up among wild animals in the snow. It is a luminous encounter between civilization and nature.

Themes & subjects

PoetsFiction in EnglishExilesFictionIn literatureLatin Poets

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Setting

RomeRomaniaJulio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.

About the author

David Malouf

1934

Author

David Malouf

Pages

154

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

12

Languages

English, und

Publisher

George Braziller

ISBN

9780701123666

Where to buy

TR
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