Pompeji

Pompeii in 78 and 79 AD is a small, harsh country town, and disaster is only months away. Publius Paquius Proculus, once its mayor, is beset by trouble at home. Methe, a mime performer, loves in vain. Maria, a Christian, finds herself in difficulty when letters from the apostle Paul arrive. Sittius, an innkeeper loyal to the memory of Nero, lets his room on the street of brothels to anyone who pays. Above them looms Vesuvius, seemingly part of the backdrop, smitten with the whole town and sending it love letters, so far causing no other trouble. Bawdy and irreverent, the book peoples the streets, villas, taverns and brothels of the town.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

241 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Satire (assigned by AI)

Set in

Italy, 78–79

First published

2001 by Albert Bonniers Förlag

Author's age

36 when first published

ISBN

9789100573102 (original)