Talking Classics - The Shock of the Old Seinen and all the fun (and

and all the fun (and trouble) that comes with them

allowing the reader's mind to soar with possibility

hers is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation

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Talking Classics - The Shock of the Old Seinen and all the fun (andBy: Mary Beard Published by University of Chicago Press, 2026 05 20 The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she's talking all things classics. Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why for better or (sometimes) worse antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four thousand year old piece of bread in a museum, Beard