Ransmayr, Christoph
The Last World: A Novel
- ISBN 13:
- 9780802134585
- author:
- Ransmayr, Christoph
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Grove Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1996
- Pages:
- 246
- Dimensions:
- 20.6 x 13.7 x 1.5 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, General, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Last World: A Novel with an Ovidian Repertory by Christoph Ransmayr. In this astonishing novel, Christoph Ransmayr weaves a tale of adventure and discovery that has captured the hearts of readers across Europe. The story follows Cotta as he searches for the exiled poet Ovid, leaving behind a trail of clues that lead him to a remote Black Sea port. There, he uncovers an ominous scene suffused with Ovidian mythology, where the ancient world meets the twentieth century. As Cotta navigates this transformed landscape, he is drawn into a visionary world where the familiar is forever transmuted in new and wondrous ways. The lines between reality and myth blur, and the boundaries of time and culture are pushed to their limits. Ransmayr's writing is marked by dazzling power and sensuously charged language, as he explores the endlessly shifting flow of time and the cycle of life. With its unique blend of adventure, mythology, and philosophical inquiry, The Last World is a novel that will leave readers pondering the nature of reality and our place within it.
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