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Plainwater
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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.
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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“"Il linguaggio è ciò che allevia il dolore della convivenza con altre persone, il linguaggio è ciò che fa riaprire le ferite."
l'amore, il desiderio, i genitori che diventano anziani, la ricerca di un significato, l'impossibilità di comunicare davvero con un altro: mescolando saggistica, poesia e aforismi, Anne Carson cattura l'esperienza umana come nessun altro sa fare.
"Non mi piacciono le storie d'amore e non ho talento per gli sfoghi lirici, eppure, durante i giorni della mia storia d'amore, mi sono ritrovata a riempire molti quaderni di dati. C'era qualcosa che dovevo spiegare a me stessa. Ci ho viaggiato come in un paese straniero, ne ho notato i comportamenti, ne ho trascritto gli idiomi, come un'antropologa sono andata in cerca dell'uso raro e incauto di un termine di parentela."
"Ho continuato, e continuo, a cercare di dire la verità, a te, a lui, con le parole disponibili. [...] Ma i miei fatti scivolano attraverso il linguaggio come uno scorcio della tribù perduta."”
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About Anne Carson
ANNE CARSON was born in Canada and has been a professor of Classics for over thirty years. Her awards and honors include the Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Trust Award for Excellence in Poetry, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations.
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