Journal Entry 1 by Girlybug from Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Sunday, October 07, 2007

From Amazon - In the first century A.D., Publius Ovidius Naso, the most urbane and irreverent poet of imperial Rome, was banished to a remote village on the edge of the Black Sea. From these sparse facts, Malouf has fashioned an audacious and supremely moving novel. Marooned on the edge of the known world, exiled from his native tongue, Ovid depends on the kindness of barbarians who impale their dead and converse with the spirit world.Then he becomes the guardian of a still more savage creature, a feral child who has grown up among deer. What ensues is a luminous encounter between civilization and nature, as enacted by a poet who once cataloged the treacheries of love and a boy who slowly learns how to give it.
 

Journal Entry 2 by Girlybug from Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, December 02, 2008

On its way to BellaMack, and apologies about the delay. 

Journal Entry 3 by BellaMack from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Friday, December 19, 2008

Sorry for delay in journalling , looking forward to reading it thanks :) 

Journal Entry 4 by BellaMack from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Saturday, February 07, 2009

A little dark for me but beautifully written.

Reserved for VBB 

Journal Entry 5 by BellaMack from St Helens, Tasmania Australia on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sending off to crimson-tide, VBB enjoy ! :) 

Journal Entry 6 by crimson-tide from Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, February 19, 2009

Thanks BellaMack, it has arrived safely and speedily. Looks interesting.