Pre-Owned Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (Paperback) by Anne Carson

from ignorantleafy

So good you can hardly bear it. Yes, it's literature, because it's so well done, but it's also funny and strange and vivid and smart and wise. It's in verse, but in no way is it obnoxious. This is a modern adaptation of the story of Heracles and Geryon, the red dragon. They are lovers. And yet it...

from plenilune

A thoroughly original and imaginative modern re-telling of myth, both heart-rending love story and dynamic coming of age. Geryon is our classically flawed protagonist, both sympathetic and maddening: moody artist, vulnerable teenager, and monstrous in a way both inviting and distancing. Herakles ...

from snash

What is it? A retelling of a Greek myth but so much more; a novel, a poem, a story of human emotion, a philosophical contemplation of time, a collection of dazzlingly perfect word images, and more.

from TheAlternativeOne

Poetry 6 Stars Autobiography of Red is the very best in narrative prose and retells the story of Geryon and Herakles told in modern vernacular. What a wonderfully full voice Anne Carson possesses. She manages to fill a classical story with poetry, prose, narration, fable, emotion, love, desire, l...

from drbrand

It is intimidating to write anything about Autobiography of Red. Anne Carson's verse is both formidable and abundant in style, and her story is complexly layered. Emotion and understanding erupt in moments of intense convergence. She creates a narrative that is distant, yet somehow intuitive and ...