The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos - Brossura

Carson, Anne

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0375707573 ISBN 13: 9780375707575

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2002

Riassunto

The love affair, marriage, and disintegrating relationship between two unnamed people is revealed throught the voice of the woman in twenty-nine interrelated "tangos" of narrative verse that explores such themes as desire, beauty, love, and betrayal. By the author of Men in the Off Hours. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

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Recensione:

“An exquisite meditation on love and loss that reads with the emotional depth–and with the ongoing resonance–of a great novel.”–Elle

“[An] eerie, elliptical, very beautiful elegy for a failed marriage.... Her verse pierces the mind with a laserlike light.”–The New York Times

“Her best book.... Her poetry’s form and sensibility are quite unlike anything else.”–The Globe & Mail (Toronto)

L'autore:

ANNE CARSON was born in Canada and has been a professor of Classics for over thirty years. Her awards and honors include the Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Trust Award for Excellence in Poetry, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375707573
• ISBN 13: 9780375707575
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160