About this title: The wonderful stories of the transformation of nymphs and heroes into beasts, flowers, constellations, or natural landmarks, originally told by Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C.-17 A.D.), have been retold by poet Ted Hughes. The book won the 1998 Whitbread Book of the Year award. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. Oversized softcover trade paperback, Fine Condition (Almost like new w/slightest of shelfwear to cover, overall F), Original price of $14.00 (L2). read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780374525873ISBN:0374525870
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (, New York
Date Published: 1997)
ISBN-13:9780374228415ISBN:0374228418
Description: Second printing 1998. Unrhymed verse translation of Hughes' selection of Ovid's stories of Hercules, Bacchus, Venus and Adonis, etc. 257 pages. Hardcover. Condition: near new, with near new dust jacket. ISBN 0374228418. read more
Description: New. A powerful version of the Latin classic by England's late Poet Laureate, now in paperback. When it was published in 1997, "Tales from Ovid "was immediately recognized as a classic in its own right, as the best rering of Ovid in generations, and as a m... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1999-03-30
ISBN-13:9780374525873ISBN:0374525870
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1997-12
ISBN-13:9780374228415ISBN:0374228418
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Description: Very good. One of the most admired and widely read of living poets produces the most vigorous and supple 20th-century version of this classic, at once a delight to the Latinist and an appealing introduction to Ovid for the general reader. These stories of tra. read more
Edition: 1st American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780374228415ISBN:0374228418
Description: VG/VG- 0374228418. Light rubbing and shelfwear to jacket, 1" impression on jacket front, light edgewear. Book shows minimal wear.; tall 8vo 9"-10" tall; 257 pages; Rare book room-poetry, black w/ white stars and white box/black, fictcat tf. read more
"Really beautiful poetry made this a wonderful and accessible version of Ovid (not that I've read any other versions). I do really enjoy myths and legends though so altogether I found this to be an engrossing read, although one to be savoured due to the lovely writing."
"Although I spread out the reading of this book over 6 months, I thought the writing was quite lovely, despite the gore and tragedy that usually ended these stories.
Ted Hughes liberally translated a tenth of Ovid's Metamorphosis (and the book is still about 250 pages long) creating a series of poems that resonate both ancient and modern. The style merger works-I found delicious writing on every page."
"These tales of metamorphosis are profoundly disturbing and Hughes' language is vivid. I made the mistake of reading the story of Erysichthon after eating a chocolate sundae, right before I fell asleep:
But none of it was enough. Whatever he ate Maddened and tormented that hunger To angrier, uglier life. The life
Of a monster no longer a man. And so, At last, the inevitable. He began to savage his own limbs. And there, at a final feast, devoured himself."
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