Author: Christoph Ransmayr Year: 1988 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction Culture: Germany
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ISBNs: 9780802134585 9780802111678 0802134580 080211167X |
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Acclaimed as a modern masterpiece and as one of the most important novels of our time. The Last 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 of 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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