| The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos Contributor(s): Carson, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375707573 ISBN-13: 9780375707575 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: The Beauty Of The Husband" is an essay on Keats's idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage. It is told in 29 tangos. A tango (like a marriage) is something you have to dance to the end. This clear-eyed, brutal, moving, darkly funny book tells a single story in an immediate, accessible voice-29 "tangos" of narrative verse that take us vividly through erotic, painful, and heartbreaking scenes from a long-time marriage that falls apart. Only award-winning poet Anne Carson could create a work that takes on the oldest of lyrical subjects-love-and make it this powerful, this fresh, this devastating. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Love & Erotica |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 00062002 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.18" W x 8.02" (0.40 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Beauty Of The Husband is an essay on Keats's idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage. It is told in 29 tangos. A tango (like a marriage) is something you have to dance to the end. This clear-eyed, brutal, moving, darkly funny book tells a single story in an immediate, accessible voice-29 "tangos" of narrative verse that take us vividly through erotic, painful, and heartbreaking scenes from a long-time marriage that falls apart. Only award-winning poet Anne Carson could create a work that takes on the oldest of lyrical subjects-love-and make it this powerful, this fresh, this devastating. |