by Christoph Ransmayr · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432206122
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«El último mundo» is the novel by Christoph Ransmayr, published in 1989 by Seix Barral in paperback (234 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows an anonymous character who travels to Tomis, Ovid's city of exile, to find out what became of the poet and his great work, the Metamorphoses. Amid ruins and echoes of Antiquity, Ransmayr builds a narrative about memory, loss and the survival of myths, bringing the classical world closer to a disturbing future.
Translation from German by Pilar Giralt Gorina for the Biblioteca Breve collection of Seix Barral. Original title: Die letzte Welt.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in reworkings of classical myths and in Central European literature.
Christoph Ransmayr is an Austrian writer.
