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The first volume of a dazzling trilogy, THE KEY shows a world on the verge of collapse through the eyes of its greatest and most passionate poet. Gaius Valerius Catullus, the boy from the provinces who became the lover of the most powerful and beautiful married woman in Rome, is dead at twenty-nine. His friend Marcus Caelius Rufus must search for the meaning of his life in the slums and bloody secret cults, the palaces and law courts of the tottering Roman Republic. Vivid, exciting, carefully researched and beautifully written, THE KEY has been a cult favorite in hardbound for years. Jaro inserts English translations of and comments on Catullus' poems into the text of her novel, The Key. The following table shows the page in The Key where the poem is located as well as the number of the poem in the Catullan corpus. Special Features -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written with the most scrupulous attention to historical accuracy Contains some 40 poems of Catullus', in acclaimed translations by the author. Some have appeared in the recent anthology CATULLUS IN ENGLISH, and the author's original interpretation of the most important

Who reads The Key?

Author

Benita Kane Jaro

Publisher

Bolchazy-Carducci Publisher, Inc

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780865165359

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry

Rating

3.46 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14