| The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos Contributor(s): Carson, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0676974759 ISBN-13: 9780676974751 Publisher: Vintage Books Canada OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Love & Erotica - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.35 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. |