Summary
A literary event—a follow-up to the internationally acclaimed poetry best-seller Autobiography of Red (‘Amazing’—Alice Munro) that takes its mythic boy-hero into the twenty-first century to tell a story all its own of love, loss, and the power of memory. Shortlisted for the 2013 T.S. Eliot Prize.
In a stunningly original mix of poetry, drama, and narrative, Anne Carson brings the red-winged Geryon from Autobiography of Red, now called ‘G’, into manhood, and through t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224097574 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224097571 |
| Author: | Anne Carson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 158mm x 14mm |
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I have never read a poet where there was such a sense that the material was so unruly it might overwhelm its creator. It is this that makes Carson exciting… She writes with spendthrift ease.
I have never read a poet where there was such a sense that the material was so unruly it might overwhelm its creator. It is this that makes Carson exciting… She writes with spendthrift ease. – Kate Kellaway * Observer *To engage so originally and compellingly with a story first told more than 3,000 years ago, is astonishing: her ambition is one thing, the fact that it is so completely achieved is, frankly, something else… Carson is, simply, one of the very best. – Sarah Crown * Guardian *[Carson’s] work over the last three decades has the flux of tidal waters. Words deceptively simple become in context an exhilarating tsunami of images with a shift in typographical structure. – Hayden Murphy * Herald *‘A true poet, in the sense that she makes the unfamiliar seem real, and the real seem fabulous.’ * Richard Eyre, Start the Week *The narrative poem plays delightfully with form, at times approaching stream of consciousness in the vivid interplay of memory and dialogue. * Financial Times *Some of the most arresting poetry I’ve read this year… Complex and beautiful. – Alex MacDonald * Quietus *Strange, affecting and very exciting. I guarantee it will blow your mind. – Nick Harkaway * Female First *I think she’s maybe the greatest living writer. * Line of Best Fit *
About The Author
Anne Carson
Anne Carson was born in Canada and teaches ancient Greek for a living. Her awards and honours include the Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Trust Award for Excellence in Poetry, the T.S. Eliot Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Award.
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