This is a volcanic journey into the soul of a winged red monster named Geryon. Tormented as a
boy by his brother Geryon escapes to a parallel world of photography. He falls deeply in love
with Herakles a golden young man who deserts him at the peak of infatuation. So Geryon
retreats ever further into the world created by his camera fascinated by his wings his
redness and the fantastic accident of who he is. But all is suddenly and irrevocably shattered
by Herakles' return. Autobiography of Red is a deceptively simple narrative filled with
currents of meaning emotion and the truth about what it's like to be red. An extraordinary
modern epic poem - moving disturbing and delightful. 'This book is amazing - I haven't
discovered any writing in years that's so marvellously disturbing' Alice Munro 'Anne Carson
has created from fragments of the Greek poet Stesichoros a profound love story...forty-seven
compulsively readable long-lined poems of intense cinematic detail' Ruth Padel New York Times
Book Review 'Totally engrossing' Ocean Vuong
