The Autobiography of Red (1998)
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From fragments of the poem Geryoneis by the 6th-century BC lyric poet Stesichorus, relating to the 10th labor of Hercules, classicist Anne Carson spins a novel in verse about a sensitive, bullied, and abused boy who with maturation finds love in photography and a young man named Heracles. Told with humor, pathos, and beauty, it’s a story with wings if ever that cliché deserved to be used, taking the reader to unexpected places without ever letting go. Carson’s use of language is downright thrilling.
