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A hurricane-a swarm of birds high in the night, a white swarm rushing ever closer, cresting suddenly into a monstrous wave that lunged for the ship.
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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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- Title The Last World
- Author Christoph Ransmayr
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Edition
- Pages 246
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Grove Press, US
- Date May 3, 1996
- ISBN 9780802134585 / 0802134580
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Italian
- Library of Congress subjects Biographical fiction, Exiles - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89028999
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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