H of H playbook
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Published
New York : A New Directions Book, 2021.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780811231237, 0811231232
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 x 23 cm
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Published
New York : A New Directions Book, 2021.
Language
English
ISBN
9780811231237, 0811231232
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Description
"H of H Playbook is an explosion of thought, in drawings and language, about a Greek tragedy called Herakles by the 5th-century BC poet Euripides. In myth Herakles is an embodiment of manly violence who returns home after years of making war on enemies and monsters (his famous "Labors of Herakles") to find he cannot adapt himself to a life of peacetime domesticity. He goes berserk and murders his whole family. Suicide is his next idea. Amazingly, this does not happen. Due to the intervention of his friend Theseus, Herakles comes to believe he is not, after all, indelibly stained by his own crimes, nor is his life without value. It remains for the reader to judge this redemptive outcome. "I think there is no such thing as an innocent landscape," said Anselm Kiefer, painter of forests grown tall on bones"--,Provided by publisher.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Parsippany Library (Main Library) - Adult Fiction | FICTION CARSON | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Carson, A. (2021). H of H playbook . A New Directions Book.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carson, Anne, 1950-. 2021. H of H Playbook. A New Directions Book.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carson, Anne, 1950-. H of H Playbook A New Directions Book, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Carson, Anne. H of H Playbook A New Directions Book, 2021.
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