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  • Eros the Bittersweet

    by Anne Carson ...
    Series series Dalkey Archive Essentials
    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeA book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Oresteia

    Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides

    Translated by Anne Carson ...
    by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides ...
    A Bold, Iconoclastic New Look at One of the Great Works of Greek TragedyIn this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions—Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Elektra, and Euripides' Orestes—giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. After the murder of her daughter Iphegenia by her ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Iphigenia Among the Taurians

    by Euripides ...
    Translated by Anne Carson ...
    The brilliant and gripping classical drama of mistaken identities, divine intervention, a long-suffering family, and the rescue of a long-lost sister.I am Iphigenia, daughter of the daughter of Tyndareus.My father killed me.Few contemporary poets elicit such powerful responses from readers and critics as Anne Carson. The New York Times Book Review calls her work "personal, necessary, and important ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wrong Norma

    by Anne Carson ...
    Anne Carson’s first original work since Float (Knopf, 2016)A NEW YORK TIMES BEST POETRY BOOK OF 2024WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRYFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRYPublished here in a stunning edition with images created by Carson, several of the twenty-five startling poetic prose pieces have appeared in magazines and journals like ... ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Red Doc>

    by Anne Carson ...
    A literary event: a follow-up to the internationally acclaimed poetry bestseller Autobiography of Red ("Amazing" -- Alice Munro) that takes its mythic boy-hero into the twenty-first century to tell a story all its own of love, loss, and the power of memory.In a stunningly original mix of poetry, drama, and narrative, Anne Carson brings the red-winged Geryon from Autobiography of Red, now called "G ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

  • Electra

    by Sophocles, Anne Carson ...
    Series series Greek Tragedy in New Translations
    Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro, ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD

  • Antigonick

    by Anne Carson ...
    An illustrated new translation of Sophokles’ Antigone.Anne Carson has published translations of the ancient Greek poets Sappho, Simonides, Aiskhylos, Sophokles and Euripides. Antigonick is her seminal work. Sophokles’ luminous and disturbing tragedy is here given an entirely fresh language and presentation. This paperback edition includes a new preface by the author, “Dear Antigone.” ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Short Talks

    by Anne Carson ...
    Deluxe redesign of the two-time Griffin Award winner's first poetry collection. Includes new material. On the occasion of the press's 40th anniversary, Brick Books is proud to present the first of six new editions of classic books from our back catalogue. This new edition of Short Talks features a foreword by the poet Margaret Christakos, a "Short Talk on Afterwords" by Carson herself, and a new ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

    by Anne Carson ...
    Anne Carson’s new work that reconsiders the stories of two iconic women—Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy—from their point of viewWinner of the Governor General Award in PoetryNorma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by millennia but united in ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Beware the Man Whose Handwriting Sways Like a Reed in the Wind

    by Anne Carson ...
    Anne Carson on handwriting, Catullus and the art of Cy Twombly, and on brain science and being diagnosed with Parkinson’s diseaseThis is an essay about hands and handwriting. I think of handwriting as a way to organize thought into shapes. I like shapes. I like organizing them. But because of recent neurological changes in my brain I find shapes fall apart on me. My responsibility to forms can’t ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Plainwater

    Essays and Poetry

    by Anne Carson ...
    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
    The poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as "the most exciting poet writing in English today." Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions.Carson envisions a present-day interview ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Antigone

    by Anne Carson, Sophocles ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say 'No'. Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she places personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction.Renowned for the revelatory nature of his work, Ivo van ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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