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A review by kazimir
Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson
4.0
Edit:
What was I thinking 6 months ago???
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I admit that I wouldn’t have kept on reading this book if it wasn’t for :
1. Guy Davenport’s introduction
2. How cool she is
I remember seeing a photo of her re: her Sappho translations and being impressed by how badass she looked.
The strangeness in her writing is a strange kind of strange, I mean ashe is strange in her own way. The only comparison I can think of is Bresson’s films and his completely bizarre experiments with non-actors.
That being said, I didn’t really get what she’s going for (except for the Glass Essay). But go watch her Lecture on the history of skywriting, it’s fantastic!!!
What was I thinking 6 months ago???
———————————————-
I admit that I wouldn’t have kept on reading this book if it wasn’t for :
1. Guy Davenport’s introduction
2. How cool she is
I remember seeing a photo of her re: her Sappho translations and being impressed by how badass she looked.
The strangeness in her writing is a strange kind of strange, I mean ashe is strange in her own way. The only comparison I can think of is Bresson’s films and his completely bizarre experiments with non-actors.
That being said, I didn’t really get what she’s going for (except for the Glass Essay). But go watch her Lecture on the history of skywriting, it’s fantastic!!!