{"product_id":"9780224061308-the-beauty-of-the-husband","title":"The Beauty Of The Husband","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beauty of the Husband\u003c\/i\u003e is a work that explores these oldest of lyrical subjects - beauty, desire, love, betrayal - with freshness and devastating power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**ONE OF THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince \u003ci\u003eGlass and God\u003c\/i\u003e, which was her first full-length collection published in Britain and which was nominated for the 1998 Forward Prize, Anne Carson has published a book a year to extraordinary critical acclaim. Her last two  volumes, \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of Red\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMen in the Off Hours\u003c\/i\u003e were both shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize, and she has received numerous North American awards, including the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her brilliant new book, she tells a single story. A long-time love, now a crumbling marriage, unfolds in 29 'tangos' of narrative verse, informed by the romanticism of Keats, the wisdom of the classical world and, most importatnly, by Carson's own unique sensibility. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe unnamed narrator - sometimes 'I', sometimes 'the wife' - speaks of the man she calls only 'the husband', illuminating moments that are by turn sensual, erotic, painful and heartbreaking. \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty of the Husband\u003c\/i\u003e is a work that explores these oldest of lyrical subjects - beauty, desire, love, betrayal - with freshness and devastating power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**ONE OF THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450575139190,"sku":"9780224061308","price":13.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39232598.jpg?v=1767946081","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780224061308-the-beauty-of-the-husband","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}