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The award-winning poet reinvents a genre in a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional re-creation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present.
Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his fragile, tormented soul in an autobiography he begins at the age of five. As he grows older, Geryon escapes his abusive brother and affectionate but ineffectual mother, finding solace behind the lens of his camera and in the arms of a young man named Herakles, a cavalier drifter who leaves him at the peak of infatuation. When Herakles reappears years later, Geryon confronts again the pain of his desire and embarks on a journey that will unleash his creative imagination to its fullest extent. By turns whimsical and haunting, erudite and accessible, richly layered and deceptively simple, Autobiography of Red is a profoundly moving portrait of an artist coming to terms with the fantastic accident of who he is.
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 marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro
"A profound love story . . . sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender." --The New York Times Book Review
"A deeply odd and immensely engaging book. . . . [Carson] exposes with passionate force the mythic underlying the explosive everyday." --The Village Voice
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Winner of the QSpell A.M. Klein Poetry Prize
Award-winning poet Anne Carson joins the Vintage Canada list with this stunning work, both novel and poem, both unconventional re-creation of an ancient Greek myth and wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present. Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his fragile, tormented soul in an autobiography he begins at the age of five. As he grows older, Geryon embarks on a journey that unleashes his creative imagination to its fullest extent.
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Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
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Etat : acceptable. The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials. N° de réf. du vendeur BVV.0375401334.A
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Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (First Edition)
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Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. Knopf, New York, 1998. First edition, as stated. First printing. Brown paper-covered boards over cream paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket, with the original $25.00 price intact. Purchased new and never opened; a pristine, unread copy. 8vo. 149 pp. Comes with an archival-quality Mylar dust jacket protector. A novel in verse that reimagines the myth of Geryon, the red-winged monster slain by Herakles, as the story of a sensitive young man coming of age and falling painfully in love. Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. N° de réf. du vendeur Anne-Carson-Poetry-Off
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Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated on copyright page with no indication of further printings. Signed by the author to the title page and incredibly scarce as such. Book is near fine with remainder dot, dusting to top of block, bump to bottom board edge, dust jacket is complete and in fine condition. Octavo, cream boards, 151 pages, publisher issued dust jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1793828984630
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Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
Edité par
Knopf, New York, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0375401334
ISBN 13 : 9780375401336
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Edition originale
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Knopf, New York, 1998. First edition, as stated. First printing. Brown paper-covered boards over cream paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, with the original $25.00 price intact. A slight ring of water damage (please see photos - more available by request). Unread. 8vo. 149 pp. Comes with an archival-quality Mylar dust jacket protector. Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. EXTREMELY RARE. The only signed 1st edition currently available on the market. 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. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1791926881448
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