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Nox

By Anne Carson
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Nox by Anne Carson is a deeply personal elegy that explores grief and memory through a blend of text and visual art. Created as a single accordion-style page, it unfolds Carson's reflections on her brother's enigmatic, estranged life and death. The book combines poetry, photographs, and various documents to weave a narrative that resonates with themes of loss and the fragmented nature of remembrance.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate a blend of art and poetry that evokes a deeply personal exploration of loss and memory. The work is structured uniquely, combining translations, annotations, and visual elements, offering a rich, immersive experience that feels like an art piece as much as a literary one. It may appeal to those who have an interest in experimental and visually captivating narratives.

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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."

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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 describes coming to terms with his loss through the lens of her translation of Poem 101 by Catullus "for his brother who died in the Troad."

Nox is a work of poetry but arrives as a fascinating and unique physical object. Carson pasted old letters, family photos, collages, and sketches on pages. The poems, typed on a computer, were added to this illustrated "book," creating a visual and reading experience so amazing as to open up our concept of poetry.

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In Nox, Anne Carson's innovative form and narrative style have been praised for their originality, with reviewers noting how she uniquely captures the essence of memory and loss. The book's physical experience of unfolding adds a sensory dimension to the reading, creating a non-linear journey that's both intimate and exploratory. Critics highlight the intelligence, sadness, and humour interwoven in its text, making it a solemn yet deeply engaging work.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780811218702

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 April 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Illustration: 50 color and black-and-white prints

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 66.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 239.0mm

Weight: 1261g

Pages: 192

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Anne Carson Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Anne Carson was born in Canada and teaches ancient Greek for a living at New York University. Her awards and honors include the Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Trust Award for Excellence in Poetry, a Guggenheim fellowship, and the MacArthur "Genius" Award. She is the author of Nox; Glass, Irony and God; The Autobiography of Red; The Beauty of the Husband; Decreation; Economy of the Unlost; Eros the Bittersweet; Grief Lessons; If Not, Winter; Men in the Off Hours; and Plainwater.

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