Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language by Gardini, Nicola
Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language by Gardini, Nicola

Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language

A lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead languageFrom the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola...
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Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language by Gardini, Nicola

Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language

$61.26
Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language by Gardini, Nicola

Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language

$61.26
Author: Nicola Gardini
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead language

From the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its enduring impact on modern life--whether we call it "dead" or not.

What use is Latin? It's a question we're often asked by those who see the language of Cicero as no more than a cumbersome heap of ruins, something to remove from the curriculum. In this sustained meditation, Gardini gives us his sincere and brilliant reply: Latin is, quite simply, the means of expression that made us--and continues to make us--who we are. In Latin, the rigorous and inventive thinker Lucretius examined the nature of our world; the poet Propertius told of love and emotion in a dizzying variety of registers; Caesar affirmed man's capacity to shape reality through reason; Virgil composed the Aeneid, without which we'd see all of Western history in a different light.

In Long Live Latin, Gardini shares his deep love for the language--enriched by his tireless intellectual curiosity--and warmly encourages us to engage with a civilization that has never ceased to exist, because it's here with us now, whether we know it or not. Thanks to his careful guidance, even without a single lick of Latin grammar readers can discover how this language is still capable of restoring our sense of identity, with a power that only useless things can miraculously express.

Author: Nicola Gardini
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 11/12/2019
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780374284527


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/30/2019
Shelf Awareness 11/29/2019

About the Author

Nicola Gardini is Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford. A novelist, poet, critic, translator, and painter, he is the author of numerous books. One of his recent novels, Lost Words, was awarded the Viareggio-Rèpaci Prize and the Zerilli-Marimò / City of Rome Prize for Italian Fiction. Long Live Latin was a bestseller in Italy and has been translated into several languages.

Todd Portnowitz is the translator of the poetry collections Go Tell It to the Emperor by Pierluigi Cappello and Midnight in Spoleto by Paolo Valesio, and the recipient of a Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.


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