{"product_id":"the-golden-ass-by-apuleius-9780300198140","title":"The Golden Ass","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaimed poet and translator Sarah Ruden brilliantly brings Apuleius's comic tale to life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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.”\u003c\/strong\u003e — Tracy Lee Simmons, \u003cem\u003eNational Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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.”\u003c\/strong\u003e — G. W. Bowersock, \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith accuracy, wit, and intelligence, this remarkable new translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Ass\u003c\/em\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 mistreated by a series of deplorable owners, Lucius at last is restored to human form with the help of the goddess Isis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Golden Ass\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853313822956,"sku":"9780300198140","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23979143482294.jpg?v=1759196947","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-golden-ass-by-apuleius-9780300198140","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}