The greatest magical-realist novel was written in the second
century AD. It's a rollicking tale of a hero turns into a donkey
containing everything from cheerfully obscene, farcical episodes to
an exquisitely poetic rendering of the legend of Cupid and Psyche.
People call it 'modern', but that is to flatter ourselves. Review
by Nicci French, whose books include 'Killing Me Softly' (Kirkus
UK)
Written towards the end of the Second Century AD, Apuleius’ intriguing story, The Golden Ass, has inspired and influenced generations of writers and readers from Shakespeare to Keats and William Morris. Lucius, a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to believe he can be transformed into a bird, instead becomes a donkey. Whirled off by robbers, he embarks on a series of adventures and misadventures. Confronted eventually with the prospect of a stage performance where he is supposed to demonstrate his sexual prowess with a woman, he is overwhelmed by a religious vision and is finally initiated into the cult of the goddess Isis.
It has been long disputed whether Apuleius meant this last-minute conversion seriously or as a final comic surprise and the challenge of interpretation continues to keep readers fascinated by this work. Apuleius’ Golden Ass is the most continuously and accessibly amusing book that has come down to us from classical antiquity.
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