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Autobiography of Red : A Novel in Verse by Anne Carson (1999, Trade Paperback)
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Autobiography of Red : A Novel in Verse, Paperback by Carson, Anne, ISBN 037570129X, ISBN-13 9780375701290, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A novel in verse bridges the gap between modernity and classicism with a story about a winged red monster named Geryon, who retreats into the world of photography after losing a male lover.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10037570129X
ISBN-139780375701290
eBay Product ID (ePID)28038847516
Product Key Features
Book TitleAutobiography of Red : a Novel in Verse
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCanadian, Visionary & Metaphysical, General, Literary
Publication Year1999
GenrePoetry, Fiction
AuthorAnne Carson
Book SeriesVintage Contemporaries Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight5.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"This book is amazing--I haven't discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro "A profound love story...sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender." -- The New York Times Book Review "A deeply odd and immensely engaging book.... [Carson] exposes with passionate force the mythic underlying the explosive everyday." -- The Village Voice, "This book is amazing--I haven't discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro "A profound love story...sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender." -- The New York Times Book Review "A deeply odd and immensely engaging book.... [Carson] exposes with passionate force the mythic underlying the explosive everyday." -- The Village Voice, "A profound love story...sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender." -- The New York Times Book Review "A deeply odd and immensely engaging book.... [Carson] exposes with passionate force the mythic underlying the explosive everyday." -- The Village Voice
Dewey Decimal811.5/4
SynopsisThe award-winning poet reinvents a genre in a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional re-creation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present. Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his fragile, tormented soul in an autobiography he begins at the age of five. As he grows older, Geryon escapes his abusive brother and affectionate but ineffectual mother, finding solace behind the lens of his camera and in the arms of a young man named Herakles, a cavalier drifter who leaves him at the peak of infatuation. When Herakles reappears years later, Geryon confronts again the pain of his desire and embarks on a journey that will unleash his creative imagination to its fullest extent. By turns whimsical and haunting, erudite and accessible, richly layered and deceptively simple, Autobiography of Red is a profoundly moving portrait of an artist coming to terms with the fantastic accident of who he is. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today." --Michael Ondaatje "This book is amazing--I haven't discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro "A profound love story . . . sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender." --The New York Times Book Review "A deeply odd and immensely engaging book. . . . Carson] exposes with passionate force the mythic underlying the explosive everyday." --The Village Voice, The award-winning poet reinvents a genre in a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional re-creation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present. Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his fragile, tormented soul in an autobiography he begins at the age of five. As he grows older, Geryon escapes his abusive brother and affectionate but ineffectual mother, finding solace behind the lens of his camera and in the arms of a young man named Herakles, a cavalier drifter who leaves him at the peak of infatuation. When Herakles reappears years later, Geryon confronts again the pain of his desire and embarks on a journey that will unleash his creative imagination to its fullest extent. By turns whimsical and haunting, erudite and accessible, richly layered and deceptively simple, Autobiography of Red is a profoundly moving portrait of an artist coming to terms with the fantastic accident of who he is. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today." --Michael Ondaatje "A profound love story . . . sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender." --The New York Times Book Review "A deeply odd and immensely engaging book. . . . [Carson] exposes with passionate force the mythic underlying the explosive everyday." --The Village Voice
LC Classification NumberPS3553.A7667
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- 03 Aug, 2021
ASTONISHING WORK OF GENIUS
Autobiography Of Red alters the way you read sentences and disrupts our conceptions of what symbols can achieve. Anne Carson bends the notes of words into a demanding yet fulfilling read. This is one of the best books I ever read. I picked it up seeing Anthony Doerr recommend it on YouTube.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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