num_pages: 246
description: Acclaimed as a modern masterpiece and as one of the most important novels of our time. The Last World is the story of a young man's quest for the exiled poet Ovid and the masterwork he has consigned to the flames. Ransmayr has created a visionary landscape, a transformed place where the ancient world meets the twentieth century. A metaphysical thriller both compelling and profound. The Last World draws the reader into a universe governed by the power of mythology, a world of decay on the brink of apocalypse. A novel about exile, censorship, and the destruction of the planet, this is a cultural and political fable that is blazingly topical, yet timeless.
language: English
title: The Last World
titlecomplete: The Last World
characters: Maximus Cotta
genres: Classics, Historical, Fantasy, Novels, German Literature, Germany, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 1094
places: Constanta, Rome
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Ars Translationis, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: John E. Woods
publisher: Grove Press