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

  • SIGNED
  • New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
By CARSON, Anne
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.5cm); maroon cloth spine over burnt orange paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-147,[7]pp. Inscribed by author on title page, "Respectfully AC". A Fine copy. Dustwrapper, designed by Carol Devine Carson, unclipped (priced $22.00), with trivial surface wear and sticker to verso of rear panel; Near Fine.

Collection of verse, includes "Here Is My Propaganda One One One One Oneing On Your Forehead Like Droplets of Luminous Sin", "So the Hall Door Shuts Again and All the Noise is Gone", and "Husband: I Am". This piece earned the T.S. Eliot Prize (2001), making Carson the first woman to earn the award. [85567].

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