{"product_id":"golden-ass","title":"Golden Ass","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGolden Ass\u003c\/h1\u003eApuleius\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 1 2013\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780300198140\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0300198140\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eAcclaimed poet and translator Sarah Ruden brilliantly brings Apuleius's comic tale to life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A rollicking ride well worth the fare, . . . marvelously, sidesplittingly ridiculous. . . . It's a story, not a homily, and Sarah Ruden has re-bestowed it with artful aplomb.\"--Tracy Lee Simmons, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A cause for celebration. . . . We owe Sarah Ruden a great debt of thanks for [this] English translation that is no less inventive, varied, and surprising than the original.\"--G. W. Bowersock, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With accuracy, wit, and intelligence, this remarkable new translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Ass\u003c\/i\u003e breathes new life into Apuleius's classic work. Sarah Ruden, a lyric poet as well as a highly respected translator, skillfully duplicates the verbal high jinks of Apuleius's ever-popular novel. It tells the story of Lucius, a curious and silly young man who is turned into a donkey when he meddles with witchcraft. Doomed to wander from region to region and be mistreated by a series of deplorable owners, Lucius at last is restored to human form with the help of the goddess Isis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Ass\u003c\/i\u003e, the first Latin novel to survive in its entirety, is related to the Second Sophistic, a movement of learned and inventive literature. In a translation that is both the most faithful and the most entertaining to date, Ruden reveals to modern readers the vivid, farcical ingenuity of Apuleius's style.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391003656237,"sku":"20179","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_9d0019f7-3938-4826-be45-c9b5086a4b1e.jpg?v=1787350444","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/golden-ass","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}