Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)

Emily Weber

“A novel in verse, a recreation of a Greek myth, a boy coming-of-age in a sometimes mythical, sometimes mundane world.”

cole

“smart and sweet and tender and original. erotic, but just under your skin. once gifted by a lover, who asked for it back at the end of our term. it's that good.”

LoStrongwater

“Nobel Prize Winner (as of today) Carson is an ancient Greek Scholar of Literature and weaves beautiful texts of ancient narratives into modern stories of lust and violence. First discovered her in my 20’s and her work feels timeless, given its diachronic roots, and even more salient in my 40’s. All of her books live on my forever shelf.”