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Vintage Contemporaries Ser.: Autobiography of Red : A Novel in Verse by Anne Carson (1999, Trade Paperback)

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Autobiography of Red by Carson, Anne [Paperback]

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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 "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

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
037570129x
ISBN-13
9780375701290
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28038847516

Product Key Features

Book Title
Autobiography of Red : a Novel in Verse
Author
Anne Carson
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Canadian, Visionary & Metaphysical, General, Literary
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Poetry, Fiction
Number of Pages
160 Pages

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Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
5.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3553.A7667
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
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
811.5/4
Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Dewey Edition
21

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by bieng69Aug 02, 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.
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