The Last World by Christoph Ransmayr
A Novel with an Ovidian Repertory
"The Last World" is a novel that reimagines the exile of the Roman poet Ovid in a remote village at the edge of the Black Sea. The story is set in a mythical time and place, where the villagers are haunted by strange transformations and echoes of Ovid's metamorphoses. The novel blurs the lines between the real and the imaginary, the past and the present, and the world of the living and the dead, creating a surreal and dreamlike atmosphere.
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- Published
- 1988
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 310
- Original Language
- German
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- Alternate Titles
- - Die Letzte Welt
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