{"product_id":"the-metamorphoses-of-ovid-9780156001267","title":"The Metamorphoses of Ovid","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThrough National Book Award-winning translator Allen Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature -- classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid -- is revealed anew.\u003c\/strong\u003eSavage and sophisticated, mischievious and majestic, witty and wicked, The Metamorphoses weaves together every major mythological story to display a dazzling array of miraculous changes, from the time chaos is transformed into order at the moment of creation, to the time when the soul of Julius Caeser is turned into a star and set in the heavens. In its earthiness, its psychological acuity, this classic work continues to speak over the centuries to our time. \"Reading Mandelbaum's extraordinary translation, one imagines Ovid in his darkest moods with the heart of Baudelaire...Brilliant.\"--Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ovid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156001267","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42447054078089,"sku":"9780156001267","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-metamorphoses-of-ovid-9780156001267","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}