Plainwater: Essays and Poetry | 
|  | | | Title: | Plainwater: Essays and Poetry | | Author: | Anne Carson | | Publisher: | Vintage | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 28 March, 2000 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0375708421 / 9780375708428 | | List Price: | $15.00 | | You Save: | $4.80 | | Amazon Price: | $10.20 | |
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The poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as "the most exciting poet writing in English today." Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions.
Carson envisions a present-day interview with a seventh-century BC poet, and offers miniature lectures on topics as varied as orchids and Ovid. 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. Blending the rhythm and vivid metaphor of poetry with the discursive nature of the essay, the writings in Plainwater dazzle us with their invention and enlighten us with their erudition.
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Customer Reviews:
• My Favorite Book Ever 29 September, 2002
the last section of this book-- the anthropology of water-- is my favorite piece of writing i have ever read. it's amazing. you can read it 50 times and still get something new out of it.
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• Definning The "essay" 26 June, 2003
Anne Carson comes from the genre of poetry, but in this book she has mixed that form with essays and come up withy a brilliant hybrid. If you like ideas that sing then this is the book for you! One of my absolute favorites!
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• I Praise 14 August, 2002
She's probably the most original writer at work in the English language at the moment. Challenging, yet rewarding; original, yet rooted firmly is an established tradition. Her work makes the genre--whatever it is--sing its own praises. There's no need for a review such as this.
- Reviewed by customer ID: ASP0EPCUDR302
• The Ancient World Emerges 22 January, 2003
wow. i first picked up this book last week and am blown away. the work of anne carson seems to be speaking from a world only newly unearthed...grainy and weird and wonderful!
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• Carson's Best 02 March, 2002
This is Carson's best work, a meditation on loss and longing that outweighs her more popular works. Here in this early work you can find the foundations of form that inspired the young and daring prose stylists Ben Marcus, John D'Agata and David Wallace. Worth it on virtually every page.
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