Autobiography of Red
A Novel in Verse
$42.06
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
15 August 1999
Summary
Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today. Autobiography of Red is a wonderful, mongrel work, a strange and ambitious bridge between classical texts and contemporary autobiographical poetry’ - Michael Ondaatje
In this extraordinary epic poem, Anne Carson bridges the gap between classicism and the modern, poetry and prose, with a volcanic journey into the soul of a winged red monster named Geryon.
There is a strong mixture of whimsy and sadness in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224059732 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0224059734 |
| Author: | Anne Carson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 1999 |
| Weight: | 212g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 153mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Cape Poetry S. |
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Critics Review
Like all of Anne Carson’s writing, this book is amazing - I haven’t discovered any writing in years that’s so marvellously disturbing. I just feel so happy that she’s around
One of the greatest writers of our time – Édouard Louis
I have never and will never read anything like Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson – Hanya Yanagihara
Anne Carson is a daring, learned, unsettling writer. Autobiography of Red, which perhaps comes closest to representing the range of her voice and gifts, is a spellbinding achievement
Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today. Autobiography of Red is a wonderful, mongrel work, a strange and ambitious bridge between classical texts and contemporary autobiographical poetry
Her work is full of moments of startling originality and beauty. The poems play with character and plot, myth and magic; they are rich with attitude and wit and the undertow of grief. If she was a prose writer she would instantly be recognised as a genius * Times Literary Supplement *
I’m a big fan of her work… There’s a joy in encountering a mind that takes nothing for granted… She pinpoints the collision of oracle and anachronism
I read it when I was a teenager and it totally changed my life – Olly Alexander
For a long time, Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson was like my bible – Ralf Webb
Infinite genius – Yiyun Li
Carson writes in language any poet would kill for: sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender, brilliantly lighted – Ruth Padel
Anne Carson
Anne Carson was born in Canada and has been a professor of Classics for over thirty years. Her awards and honours include the T. S. Eliot Prize, a Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Prize (on two occasions), fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature 2020. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2026.
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