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Name: An imaginary life
Author: David Malouf

The Roman poet Ovid, exiled to a remote village on the edge of the Black Sea, tells the story of his meeting with a feral boy, brought up among wild animals in the snow. It is a luminous encounter between civilization and nature.

First publish date: 1978

Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction

Authors: David Malouf

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