{"product_id":"augustus","title":"Augustus","description":"WINNER OF THE 1973 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD \u003cbr\u003e By the Author of \u003ci\u003eStoner\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAugustus\u003c\/i\u003e, his third great novel, John Williams took on an entirely new challenge, a historical narrative set in classical Rome, exploring the life of the founder of the Roman Empire. To tell the story, Williams turned to the epistolary novel, a genre that was new to him, transforming and transcending it just as he did the western in \u003ci\u003eButcher's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e and the campus novel in \u003ci\u003eStoner\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAugustus\u003c\/i\u003e is the final triumph of a writer who has come to be recognized around the world as an American master.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1590178211\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781590178218\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Williams, John, Mendelsohn, Daniel\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Aug 2014)","offer_id":46081210384581,"sku":"9781590178218","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781590178218.jpg?v=1776043987","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/augustus","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}