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In this ancient picaresque adventure, Lucius, an insatiably curious young man, finds himself transformed into a donkey after his fascination with black magic and witchcraft goes awry. While trapped in his new body, he becomes the property of thieves, farmers, cooks, soldiers and priests, and observes the hypocrisy and ineptitude of Imperial Roman society.

This tale of a man who, when tinkering with magic, becomes changed into an ass is one of the most entertaining and remarkable stories from classic Latin literature. It is funny, bawdy and completely approachable - but also shows life from the point of view of a beast of burden in the Roman Empire of the second century CE.

Встречайте легендарное произведение Никколо Макиавелли – "Золотой осел" – увлекательное и зажигательное приключение, история о смелости, о стремлении к свободе, о власти и независимости. В ней вы найдете все: отважных героев, интригующие заговоры, искрометный юмор и захватывающие повороты сюжета, которые заставят вас прослушать книгу, не отрываясь, до последнего слова.