But when she gets a chance call from Max, one of the Saturn Clubs best-connected members and her last remaining friend, the favor he asks will plunge her back into the Clubs wild solstice masquerade, on a mysterious errand she cannot say no to. Even the slaves that resided in Ancient Rome were given the time of Saturnalia off to celebrate, and not only were they exempt from work, in some cases, they became master for the day. For Nina, Saturnalia is simply a cruel reminder of the night that changed everything for her. In doing so, she abandoned her closest friends and her chance to climb the social ladder. Dear Saturnalia Books readers and fans, I founded Saturnalia Books in 2002 with the desire to bring new voices into the American poetry landscape. Saturnalia was a week-long celebration held in Ancient Rome in honour of Saturn - God of Wealth, Agriculture, Renewal and Time.
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A full introduction places the work in its cultural context and analyzes its construction, while indexes of names, subjects, and ancient works cited in both text and notes make the work more readily accessible than ever before.Īfghanistan, Africa, American Samoa, Anguilla, Asia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Central America and Caribbean, Chad, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cuba, Republic of, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Europe, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Polynesia, Gambia, Guam, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Jersey, Kiribati, Korea, North, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mayotte, Micronesia, Middle East, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, North America, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Reunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South America, Southeast Asia, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Syria, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S. The Saturnalia carnival marks three years since Nina walked away from Philadelphia's elite Saturn Clubwith its genteel debauchery, arcane pecking order, and winking interest in alchemy and the occult. The accompanying translation?only the second in English and the only one now in print?offers a clear and sprightly rendition of Macrobius's ornate Latin and is supplemented by ample annotation. Baggot, when asking the kids at the printing press religious questions. He was a Native American who was taken from his home by Puritans after his family had been massacred. The new Latin text is based on a refined understanding of the medieval tradition and improves on Willis's standard edition in nearly 300 places. Saturnalia being only 113 pages long could be overlooked by many people that think a good book is a longer book. Cast in the form of a dialogue, the Saturnalia treats subjects as diverse as the divinity of the Sun and the quirks of human digestion while showcasing Virgil as the master of all human knowledge from diction and rhetoric to philosophy and religion. The Saturnalia, Macrobius's encyclopedic celebration of Roman culture written in the early fifth century CE, has been prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of otherwise unattested lore.
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