In Augustus, his third great novel, John Williams took on an entirely new challenge, a historical narrative set in classical Rome, exploring the life of the founder of the Roman Empire. To tell the story, Williams turned to the epistolary novel, a genre that was new to him, transforming and transcending it just as he did the western in Butcher's Crossing and the campus novel in Stoner. Augustus is the final triumph of a writer who has come to be recognized around the world as an American master.

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Format: TradePaperback
Author: Williams, John
ISBN: 9781590178218
Condition: New
Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.80
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Year: 2014

Language: English

Augustus

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