Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse - Softcover

Carson, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0676972659 ISBN 13: 9780676972658

Publisher: Vintage Canada, 1999

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Anne Carson lives in Montreal where she is the Director of Graduate Studies, Classics at McGill University. Her many awards include the QSPELL A.M. Klein Poetry Prize, the 1996 Lannan Award and the 1997 Pushcart Prize.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0676972659
• ISBN 13: 9780676972658
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160