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Anne Carson’s haunting and beautiful Nox is her first book of poetry in five years—a unique, illustrated, accordion-fold-out “book in a box.” Nox is an epitaph in the form of a book, a facsimile of a handmade book Anne Carson wrote and created after the death of her brother. The poem... read more
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“"3.3 We want other people to have a centre, a history, an account that makes sense. We want to be able to say This is what he did and Here's why. It forms a lock against oblivion. Does it?”
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“"1.3 Note that the word "mute" (From Latin <i>mutus</i>...) is regarded by linguists as an onomatopoeic formation referring not to silence but to a certain fundamental opacity of human being, which likes to show the truth by allowing it to be seen hiding."”
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Carson (Author)
Awards edit
- National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist, 2010: Poetry)
- Indie Booksellers Choice Awards (Finalist, 2011, shortlisted)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 811.54
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