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On the frequently discussed effect of literacy on Greek civilization, the book offers a fresh view: it was no accident that the poets who invented Eros were also the first readers and writers of the Western literate tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1989.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaper bag Pages 189\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books Hut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67691396104491,"sku":null,"price":1000.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3077\/0475\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_a90828d7-6513-45fb-92a7-f9f33bad9f1a.jpg?v=1791459798"},{"product_id":"glass-irony-and-god-by-anne-carson","title":"Glass, Irony and God by\nAnne Carson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnown as a remarkable classicist, Anne Carson weaves contemporary and ancient poetic strands with stunning style in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlass, Irony and God\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This collection includes: \"The Glass Essay,\" a powerful poem about the end of a love affair, told in the context of Carson's reading of the Brontë sisters; \"Book of Isaiah,\" a poem evoking the deeply primitive feel of ancient Judaism; and \"The Fall of Rome,\" about her trip to \"find\" Rome and her struggle to overcome feelings of a terrible alienation there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaper bag\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epages 142\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books Hut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67691417731371,"sku":null,"price":875.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3077\/0475\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_c2fa1fdc-8c3e-4812-8983-2755e9ecf49e.jpg?v=1791460075"},{"product_id":"autobiography-of-red-a-novel-in-verse-by-anne-carson","title":"Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse by Anne Carson","description":"\u003cheader id=\"Header\" class=\"Header Header__siteHeaderBanner\" data-auth=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SiteHeaderBanner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"SiteHeaderBanner__topFullImageContainer\" data-testid=\"SiteHeaderBanner__topFullImageContainer\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"PageFrame PageFrame--siteHeaderBanner\" data-testid=\"pageFrame\"\u003e\u003cmain class=\"PageFrame__main BookPage\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPage__gridContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPage__rightColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPage__mainContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eIn her first novel in verse, Anne Carson bridges the gap between classicism and the modern, poetry and prose, with a volcanic journey into the soul of a winged red monster named Geryon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a strong mixture of whimsy and sadness in Geryon’s story. He is tormented as a boy by his brother, escapes to a parallel world of photography, and falls in love with Herakles—a golden young man who leaves Geryon at the peak of infatuation. Geryon retreats ever further into the world created by his camera, until that glass house is suddenly and irrevocably shattered by Herakles’ return. Running throughout is Geryon’s fascination with his wings, the color red, and the fantastic accident of who he is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutobiography of Red\u003c\/i\u003e is a deceptively simple narrative layered with currents of meaning, emotion, and the truth about what it’s like to be red. It is a powerful and unsettling story that moves, disturbs, and delights.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003epage 149\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/main\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Hut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67691421925675,"sku":null,"price":875.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3077\/0475\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_737ab6b6-ba6b-425c-ad48-d0978751c910.jpg?v=1791460075"},{"product_id":"decreation-poetry-essays-opera-by-anne-carson","title":"Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera by\nAnne Carson","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eSimone Weil described “decreation” as “undoing the creature in us”–an undoing of self. In her first collection in five years, Anne Carson explores this idea with characteristic brilliance and a tantalizing range of reference, moving from Aphrodite to Antonioni, Demosthenes to Annie Dillard, Telemachos to Trotsky, and writing in forms as varied as opera libretto, screenplay, poem, oratorio, essay, shot list, and rapture. 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Several of the twenty-five startling poetic prose pieces have appeared in magazines and journals like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnne Carson is probably our most celebrated living poet, winner of countless awards and routinely tipped for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Famously reticent, asking that her books be published without cover copy, she has agreed to say this: \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWrong Norma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a collection of writings about different things, like Joseph Conrad, Guantánamo, Flaubert, snow, poverty, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoget's Thesaurus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, my Dad, Saturday night, Sokrates, writing sonnets, forensics, encounters with lovers, the word 'idea', the feet of Jesus, and Russian thugs. The pieces are not linked. 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She imagines the muse of a fifteenth-century painter attending a phenomenology conference in Italy. She constructs verbal photographs of a series of mysterious towns, and takes us on a pilgrimage in pursuit of the elusive and intimate anthropology of water. 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