The Golden Ass by Apuleius; Singer, Peter [Editor]; Kendel, Anna and Varvara [Illustrator]; Finkelpearl, Ellen [Translator]; - 2022-04-19

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Liveright Pub Corp, 2022. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 219 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Peter Singer has breathed new life into Apuleius's The Golden Ass-a hilarious, bawdy tale and one of the earliest novels-accentuating its remarkable empathy for animals.

Paperback / softback. New. Conceived at the zenith of the Roman Empire, Apuleius's The Golden Ass-a bawdy, comic romp centered on a man-turned-animal-is the only ancient work of fiction in Latin that survives in its entirety. In playful, evocative prose, the novel recounts the travails of Lucius, a young man whose insatiable fascination with the occult results in his accidental transformation into an ass. So entrapped, Lucius embarks on a hair-raising and at times outrageous adventure, encountering sadistic thieves who beat him mercilessly and plot to throw him over a cliff; a miller who works his human and animal slaves to death (until his wife, caught in an act of adultery, resorts to magic to bring him down); a noblewoman who fancies him; poverty-stricken merchants and a Roman soldier; and finally, the Egyptian goddess Isis. Peter Singer, the world-renowned philosopher and author of Animal Liberation, was initially drawn to The Golden Ass by virtue of its historically significant early… Read More

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