Autobiography of red : a novel in verse /

Autobiography of red : a novel in verse /

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Author / Creator:	Carson, Anne, 1950- author.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Description:	149 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Heracles -- (Greek mythological character) -- Poetry. Stesichorus. -- Gēryonēis -- Adaptations. Heracles -- (Greek mythological character) Gēryonēis (Stesichorus) Epic poetry, Greek -- Adaptations. Monsters -- Poetry. Epic poetry, Greek. Monsters. Novels in verse. Novels. Adaptations. Novels in verse. Poetry. Novels in verse. Poetry. Novels.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3031855

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ISBN:	0375401334 9780375401336 9780375701290 037570129X
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Online version: Carson, Anne, 1950- Autobiography of red. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998

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Summary:	In her first novel in verse, 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. Autobiography of Red is a deceptively simple narrative layered with currents of meaning, emotion, and the truth about what it's like to be red. It is a powerful and unsettling story that moves, disturbs, and delights.
Physical Description:	149 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:	0375401334 9780375401336 9780375701290 037570129X