- Poets, Fiction in English, Exiles, Fiction
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.
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Grave, contemplative, prestige and intimate.
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- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- David Malouf
- First published
- 1978
- Pages
- 154
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus, George Braziller, G. Braziller
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English, und
- ISBN
- 9780330263313
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