An imaginary life : a novel / by David Malouf

David Malouf

The novella tells the story of the Roman poet Ovid, during his exile in Tomis. While there, Ovid lives with the natives, although he doesn't understand their language, and forms a bond with a wild boy who is found living wild in nature. The relationship between Ovid and the boy, at first one of protector and protected, becomes an alliance between two people in a foreign land. It is a luminous encounter between civilization and nature.