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“Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness.”

Book:The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

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The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

This work is a unique blend of fiction and essay, combining lyrical prose with the structure of traditional tango songs. The narrative weaves together a complex tapestry of characters and relationships, inviting readers to delve into the intricate layers of human emotion and the complexities of personal relationships. more

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Anne Carson

Anne Carson, born on June 21, 1950, is a renowned Canadian poet. Her works are known for their unique style and profound themes, covering a range of subjects including philosophy, history, and literature. more

“As Sokrates tells it, your story begins the moment Eros enters you. That incursion is the biggest risk of your life. How you handle it is an index of the quality, wisdom, and decorum of the things inside you. As you handle it you come into contact with what is inside you, in a sudden and startling way. You perceive what you are, what you lack, what you could be.”

Way Moments Stories Quality Risk Handle Contact Perceive Eros Decorum

Author:Anne Carson

“A thinking mind is not swallowed up by what it comes to know. It reaches out to grasp something related to itself and to its present knowledge (and so knowable in some degree) but also separate from itself and from its present knowledge (not identical with these). In any act of thinking, the mind must reach across this space between known and unknown, linking one to the other but also keeping visible to difference. It is an erotic space.”

Thinking Knows Mind Differences Space Known Degrees Related Visible Reach Out Erotic Identical Space Between Thinking Mind

Book:Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay

Source: Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay

“I do think I have an ability to record sensual and emotional facts and factoids, to construct a convincing surface of what life feels like, both physical life and emotional life.”

Thinking Feels Facts Ability Records Emotional Surface Sensual Constructs Convincing Emotional Life

Author:Anne Carson

“To live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing.”

Ends Past Myth