The Golden Ass
by Apuleius; Jack Lindsay (Translator)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0253200369
- ISBN 13
- 9780253200365
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. -. 1. Soft Cover. 0253200369 . Publisher's glossy wraps. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear, some light notes and underlining in pencil throughout. VERY GOOD. . Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. 254, (1) pp .
Synopsis
The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which St. Augustine referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel may in fact be the author himself. His first name is revealed to be Lucius; at the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself.
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25605
- Title
- The Golden Ass
- Author
- Apuleius; Jack Lindsay (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- -. 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0253200369
- ISBN 13
- 9780253200365
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- 0253200369, Fiction;, Literature;, Novels;
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