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The Love-Artist

A Novel

Author: Jane Alison

The Love-Artist

The Love-Artist

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A darkly brilliant first novel that imagines a missing chapter in the life of Ovid. Why was Ovid, the most popular author of his day, banished to the edges of the Roman Empire? Why do only two lines...

Page Count
240
On Sale
03/31/2001

Book Details

A darkly brilliant first novel that imagines a missing chapter in the life of Ovid. Why was Ovid, the most popular author of his day, banished to the edges of the Roman Empire? Why do only two lines survive of his play Medea, reputedly his most passionate work and perhaps his most Accomplished? Between the known details of the poet's life and these enigmas, Jane Alison has Interpolated a haunting drama of passion and psychological manipulation. On holiday at the Black Sea, on the fringes of the Empire, Ovid encounters an almost otherworldly woman who seems to embody the fictitious creations of his soon-to-be-published Metamorphoses. Part healer, part witch, she seems myth come to life. Enchanted and obsessed -- and, for the first time in a long while, flush with inspiration -- Ovid takes her back with him to Rome. But the inexorable pull of ambition leads him to make a Faustian bargain with fate that will betray his newfound muse. As the two of them become entangled in its snares, the reader is drawn deep into an ingeniously enacted meditation on love, art, and the desire for immortality.

Imprint Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

ISBN

9781429962193

In The News

"Fascinating and clever, this is essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered what happened to Ovid's Medea or pondered his abrupt banishment to the edge of the Roman Empire." - Library Journal

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The Love-Artist

The Love-Artist

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