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Originally published in 1998, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse concerns a minor character from Greek mythology named Geryon, a winged red monster mentioned in the “Geryoneis,” a poem fragment by the Greek lyricist Stesichorus. Using the myth as metaphor, Carson reimagines Geryon’s life in the present day in a genre-bending bildungsroman. In this wholly original spin on the myth, Geryon begins writing his “autobiography” at age 5,  and as the story unfolds we see him encounter abuse, neglect, heartbreak, and reinvention. As a teenage boy in search of love and identity, Geryon grows to find purpose through photography and an on-an-off romance with another boy named Herakles. Literary yet accessible, this “novel in verse” is a wonderful portrait of a burgeoning artist.

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Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red - The Retelling of Human Condition

I love smart writers, and Anne Carson is obviously one of them. See, when you read works from an author or a poet who really knows their craft, inside out, you feel safe yet surprised, continually. When a writer knows how to craft a story, how to say something meaningful, they can mix all of it with some strange strings of mischief. Sometimes I find myself stopping the reading, remembering that I am in fact reading a story, smiling for the confidence and self-consciousness of the author, and then delving back in. It is as if the best writers would want you to remember that you are a human being, witnessing art made by a human being. Isn’t that what art is about? Creating new interpretations of the human condition and the world in which we are living?

Autobiography of Red, a verse novel written by Anne Carson, was published in 1998 and gained popularity and praise. For a good reason! It is somewhat of a retelling based on the myth of Geryon and the Tenth Labor of Herakles. I’d say it’s more of a retelling of the human condition though. Geryon is a young boy, “a red-winged monster”, feeling othered in many ways. Home, for Geryon, is not a safe place, but a place of abuse, as one h

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