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Tessa Templeton has just finished writing a brilliant dissertation on Ovid's Metamorphoses under the watchful eye of her colleague and mentor, Professor of Classics Christopher Eccles.
But her attempts to find a job are strangely frustrated. A mysterious letter will open Tessa's eyes to who exactly is sabotaging her future career and how the twists and turns of her life are intertwined with the plot of Metamorphoses...
"Every book you read becomes part of your life. Sometimes even too literally. Following Daphne, running away from Apollo, you grow bark and leaves - envy, betrayal, deals with your own conscience. All this is justified, because it is done in the name of love. Love will make you dig up the grave of an ancient poet to uncover the secret of his lame iambs. Love will make you commit meanness, because Apollo can do anything. Love will lead you along its thorny path, returning you to the ancient myth at every turn, because it is not just eternal – it has entered your life and will save you or destroy you. Especially if you are a Latinist. Or a Latinist woman." (Alexandra Glebovskaya, translator)
But her attempts to find a job are strangely frustrated. A mysterious letter will open Tessa's eyes to who exactly is sabotaging her future career and how the twists and turns of her life are intertwined with the plot of Metamorphoses...
"Every book you read becomes part of your life. Sometimes even too literally. Following Daphne, running away from Apollo, you grow bark and leaves - envy, betrayal, deals with your own conscience. All this is justified, because it is done in the name of love. Love will make you dig up the grave of an ancient poet to uncover the secret of his lame iambs. Love will make you commit meanness, because Apollo can do anything. Love will lead you along its thorny path, returning you to the ancient myth at every turn, because it is not just eternal – it has entered your life and will save you or destroy you. Especially if you are a Latinist. Or a Latinist woman." (Alexandra Glebovskaya, translator)
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