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title: "Autobiography of Red: a novel in verse (Cape poetry)"
brand: "anne carson"
price: "¥4764"
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reviews_count: 8
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# Autobiography of Red: a novel in verse (Cape poetry)

**Brand:** anne carson
**Price:** ¥4764
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Autobiography of Red: a novel in verse (Cape poetry) by anne carson
- **How much does it cost?** ¥4764 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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Autobiography of Red: a novel in verse (Cape poetry)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Mind-blowing poetry-novel hybrid
  

*by J***Z on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2018*

It’s no secret that I have a spiritual affinity with Canadian poet and champion of all my heart-stuffs Anne Carson, and her ‘Autobiography of Red’ follows in the trend of her works that have fundamentally altered how I think. I’ve been digesting this book slowly over the past two days to figure out exactly how I feel about it - in many ways a novel, told through poetry, a mythic retelling in modern mortal terms, full of love and longing and homosexual beauty, told with care. Every part of this long-poem is either a joy or a great weight to read, able to oscillate between redeeming one’s love for the world and crushing it instantly, and to do so constantly over 130ish pages... it’s just immense. “... immortality on their faces, / night at their backs.”

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Enjoyable, but a little flat.
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2013*

Ultimately I was hoping for something a little more in tune with the classical world it invokes. Despite the character being called Geryon and Herakles, they really have nothing more in common with their mythical counterparts than the name. I also felt the world of the classics did not seem present. Other authors (such as Mark Merlis in his novel An Arrows Flight) manage to set the myths in the modern world whilst still keeping ancient Greece as an influence. Anne Carson leaves every trace of classicism behind. That isn't necessarily bad, but it raises the question of why she is using these myths at all when her poem has so little to do with them. it just feels like a waste, and is a little frustrating when the matter around the poem itself promotes the myth so heavily.The poetry is solid but unexceptional. There were some nice passages, though nothing really memorable.Ultimately, this is an enjoyable enough poem, but I couldn't recommend it at the price.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    it is yours/everything in it is you.
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 January 2016*

A good book is like a dream/ once you read a good book / it is yours/everything in it is you. This book can be about mythological characters / it is about you / it is serious/funny, familiar/strange.  It is wonderful.

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