"Think of Anna Sewell's <em>Black Beauty</em>, throw in generous helpings of humor, sex, and magic, and you might get a rough idea of what <em>The Golden Ass</em> is like." --Peter Singer <p>Peter Singer and Ellen Finkelpearl breathe new life into Apuleius's <em>The Golden Ass</em>--a hilarious, bawdy tale and one of the earliest novels--accentuating its remarkable empathy for animals.</p>
