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Augustus de John Williams

Augustus: Vintage Classics

Autor John Williams
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 feb 2003
After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power struggles, bloody wars and family strife, to transform his realm and become the greatest ruler the western world had ever seen.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780099445081
ISBN-10: 0099445085
Pagini: 317
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Random House
Seria Vintage Classics

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""Augustus" is a masterpiece." -"Los Angeles Times"

"One is drawn deeply into a world whose complexity, luxury, political cynicism, public gullibility, and violence seem very much like our own." -"The New Yorker"

"Williams has immersed himself in ancient history, its figures, its conflicts, its complicated intrigues and its often primitive turmoil. In his vivid panorama, The Golden Age sparkles with an eloquence, at times, approaching the poetic." -"The Plain Dealer"

"Out of the events surrounding one of the pivotal moments in Western history . . . John Williams has fashioned an always engaging, psychologically convincing work of fiction." -"The New York Times"

""Augustus" is a vividly imagined re-creation of classical Rome, but its intuitive grasp of the experience of immense power makes it an unusual, and superior, novel." -"The Boston Globe"

"Novel or history, this is an excellent book. . . . a superior work of the imagination." -"Playboy"

"It would be easy to over-praise this novel; but there does not seem any adequate reason why this temptation should be resisted, especially as Mr. Williams in his turn resists the obvious one of allowing irony too prominent a part in the proceedings." -"The Economist"

"A pleasure to read. . . . A most polished performance." -"Boston Herald Traveler"

"Strong and striking. . . . Intelligent and intuitive, this excellent historical novel makes the world of Ancient Rome a place in which we feel instantly at home." -"Publishers Weekly"

"A novel of extraordinary range, yet of extraordinary minuteness, that manages never to sacrifice one quality for the other." -"The Financial Times"
"The finest historical novel ever written by an American." --"The Washington Post"
"[In "Augustus"] John Williams re-creates the Roman Empire from the death of Julius Caesar to the last days of Augustus, the machinations of the court, the Senate, and the people, from the sickly boy to the sickly man who almost dies during expeditions to what would seem to be the ruthless ruler. He uses an epistolary format, and in the end all these voices, like a collage, meld together around the main character . . . Read it in conjunction with Robert Graves's more flamboyant" I, Claudius" and Marguerite Yourcenar's "Memoirs of Hadrian."" --Harold Augenbraum, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation
"A novel of extraordinary range, yet of extraordinary minuteness, that manages never to sacrifice one quality for the other." --"Financial Times"
"Williams has fashioned an always engaging, psychologically convincing work of fiction--a consistent and well-realized portrait." --Thomas Lask, "The New York Times"
"Readers of both "Stoner" and "Butcher's Crossing" will here encounter an altogether new version of the John Williams they've come to know: "Augustus" is an epistolary novel set in classical Rome. It's a rare genius who can reinvent himself in his final work and earn high praise for doing so." --"The Millions"
""Augustus" is gripping, brimming with life." --Dan Piepenbring, "The Paris Review Daily"
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