About this title: This novel in verse by poet Anne Carson is based on the ancient Greek legend of a winged monster named Geryon. Here, he discovers photography and becomes fascinated with it, and with a young man named Herakles. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1999-08-01
ISBN-13:9780375701290ISBN:037570129X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780375701290ISBN:037570129X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780375401336ISBN:0375401334
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780224059732ISBN:0224059734
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1998
Description: First edition of this somewhat uncommon book. A very near fine copy but for a couple of small spots to the bottom page edges in a fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Printer Wrapper
Publisher: KNOPF., NY
Date Published: 1998
Description: Galley/Proof UNCORRECTED PROOF. First state of proof in oversize green card covers bound in black tape. Near fine. (Some light creasing to covers & a few spots in text) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375701290ISBN:037570129X
Description: 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 mar... read more
"Where Annie Dillard is my personal happy place, Anne Carson is my sudoku. Her language and subject matter is so expansive, challenging and stirring that I go to her whenever my brain starts to feel sloppy or scattered. Autobiography of Red is one of her more accessible works, I think -- less academia and more feeling, buried here. It's a quick read, but one that you can read dozens of times and always find new sleights of poetic hand."
"I loved this mythical/mystical long poem, or, what do they call it, a novel in verse? I felt so connected to the sensitive and thoughtful winged main character as he fell into and out of love and explored the world and I loved all the volcano imagery/metaphors, especially the part about the "skin of the soul" being like the earth's crust, with all these crazy pressures and forces underneath. Overall, the language is just really beautiful and it was a pleasure to read it slowly."
"Wow. An amazing book. It's rare to read something truly unique. And if you're wrestling with the question of connective writing, here's your primer. It's a real world-changer. I found it a bit chilly, though. I think it might be the push on the words, oddly. (I never could trust Stein). Or maybe that the revelation feels more a matter of poetry than character. Ah, but I'm being picky. It's beautiful. She gets five stars for brains."
"This puzzling novel written in poetry is strangely captivating. Although short, it takes time to read and appreciate the language. Geryon talks about his red wings in a scene when he is 5, and I assumed he had a vivid imagination. Geryon falls in love with an older teen and accepts his homosexuality. The wings only appear again at the conclusion when he and his former lover meet in Argentina. It is confusing and beautiful. It was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in 1998, but I just discovered it."
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