Pablo Montoya's 'Away from Rome' delves into the poignant final years of the great Roman poet Ovid, exiled by Emperor Augustus to the desolate shores of the Black Sea. Through lyrical and introspective prose, Montoya imagines Ovid's profound sense of loss, his yearning for the vibrant culture of Rome, and his struggle to continue creating art in a harsh, unfamiliar land. The novel is a powerful meditation on the solitude of the artist, the cruelty of power, and the enduring legacy of poetry against the backdrop of a forgotten edge of the empire.