An edition of Autobiography of red (1998)

Autobiography of red

a novel in verse

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An edition of Autobiography of red (1998)

Autobiography of red

a novel in verse

1st ed.
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A novel in verse on a homosexual romance between two boys. Geryon "understood / that people need / acts of attention from one another, does it really matter which acts? / He was fourteen. / 'Sex is a way of getting to know someone, ' / Herakles had said. He was sixteen." There is a strong mixture of whimsy and sadness in Geryon's story. He is tormented as a boy by his brother, escapes to a parallel world of photography, and falls in love with Herakles--a golden young man who leaves Geryon at the peak of infatuation. Geryon retreats ever further into the world created by his camera, until that glass house is suddenly and irrevocably shattered by Herakles' return. Running throughout is Geryon's fascination with his wings, the color red, and the fantastic accident of who he is.

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 Geryon's story. He is tormented as a boy by his brother, escapes to a parallel world of photography, and falls in love with Herakles - a golden young man who leaves Geryon at the peak of infatuation. Geryon retreats ever further into the world created by his camera, until that glass house is suddenly and irrevocably shattered by Herakles' return.

Running throughout is Geryon's fascination with his wings, the color red, and the fantastic accident of who he is.

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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf
Language
English
Pages
149

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Cover of: Autobiography of red
Autobiography of red: a novel in verse
1999, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.
Cover of: Autobiography of red
Autobiography of red: a novel in verse
1998, Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf
in English - 1st ed.

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Published in
New York
Genre
Adaptations., Poetry.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
811/.54
Library of Congress
PS3553.A7667 A94 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
149 p. ;
Number of pages
149

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL701149M
ISBN 10
0375401334
LCCN
97049472
Library Thing
81789
Goodreads
1406018

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