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02713aam a2200409 i 4500 001 C21320B0F63611EE80258AC022ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240409010228 008 230209s2023 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023932417 020 $a 9781419771248 : HRD 020 $a 1419771248 : HRD 035 $a (OCoLC)1370127171 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a PS3558.Y55 $b S63 2023 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23/eng/20231103 100 1 $a Hynes, James, $e author. 245 10 $a Sparrow / $c James Hynes. 264 1 $a New York : $b The Overlook Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 394 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Told from the perspective of an enslaved boy being raised in a Roman brothel, a stunning literary historical novel of identity, family, suffering, and freedom In a brothel on the Spanish coast during the waning years of the Roman Empire, a young enslavedboy of unknown parentage is growing up. His world is a kitchen, then an herb-scented garden, followed by a loud and dangerous tavern, and finally, the mysterious upstairs where the "wolves" do their business. The wolves, named after the muses and comingfrom across the vast empire, are Sparrow's surrogate family. They are his mothers and his sisters, his guides in a rough life, his solace from it. When he is not being told stories by his beloved Euterpe, he runs errands for her lover, the cook, while trying to avoid the blows of their brutal overseer or the machinations of the chief wolf, Melpomene. But a hard fate awaits Sparrow, one that involves suffering, murder, mayhem, and the scattering of the little community that has been his whole world. Through meticulous research and bold imagination, James Hynes brings the entirety of a Roman city to vivid life, recreating old Pagan Rome as its codes and morals give way before the new religion of Christianity, and introduces readers to one of the most powerfully affecting and memorable characters of recent fiction. Sparrow is an enthralling, heartbreaking novel of identity, endurance, and love in a dangerous and changing time"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 650 $a Bildungsromans. 650 $a Boys $x Fiction. 650 $a Boys. 650 $a Brothels $x Fiction. 650 $a Brothels. 650 $a Cartagena (Spain) $x Fiction. $x Fiction. 650 $a Children. 650 $a Enslaved persons $x Fiction. 650 $a Historical fiction. 650 $a Prostitutes $x Fiction. 650 $a Rome $x Fiction. $x Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. $x Fiction. 650 $a Sex industry. 941 $a 1 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20240409011531.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C21320B0F63611EE80258AC022ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search