{"product_id":"the-golden-ass","title":"The Golden Ass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed poet and translator Sarah Ruden brilliantly brings Apuleius's comic tale to life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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.”—Tracy Lee Simmons, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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.”—G. W. Bowersock, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With accuracy, wit, and intelligence, this remarkable new translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Ass\u003c\/i\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\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Ass\u003c\/i\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","brand":"Sarah Ruden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42848848150589,"sku":"9780300198140","price":24.26,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780300198140_235de91c-5c30-4003-a81c-b7593f66598f.jpg?v=1766989437","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-golden-ass","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}