A review by ethicalcannibalism
Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson

informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

Something paradoxical arrests the lover. Arrest occurs at a point of inconcinnity between the actual and the possible, a blind point where the reality of what we are disappears into the possibility of what we could be if we were other than we are.

eros the bittersweet by anne carson is an odyssey throughout the vast sea of desire in the greek tradition. etymology, philosophy, literary criticism, history and orthography are weaved by the author as to make the meaning of eros whole this is the best thing i have ever read i felt torn apart and then remade again and i have no idea who and what i am right now anne carson hit me up