Horace lived at a pivotal moment. Rome was facing a profound crisis: though it ruled the world, the values which had made it great were disintegrating. As efficiency and pragmatism became watchwords, Horace championed the 'supremely useless' endeavour of poetry, and glorified friendship and wine. Horace and Me charts Harry Eyres' evolving relationship with the Latin poet to show how, in an era of affluence and excess which seems to be hurtling out of control, Horace can help us navigate our way in uncertain times.
- ISBN10 125005012X
- ISBN13 9781250050120
- Publish Date 27 May 2014 (first published 4 June 2013)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Farrar Straus Giroux
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 238
- Language English