Ransmayr, Christopher — Last World, The

Book Good Very Good Chatto and Windus London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall A man goes in search of the Roman poet Ovid, banished to the end of the world. He finds that Ovid's personality and stories have undergone a sea-change, and have fragmented themselves into lots of clues - people, bizarre events, odd stretches of landscape, and a story emerges. Former owners name to free front endpaper.