{"product_id":"autobiography-of-red","title":"Autobiography of Red","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"037570129X\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFROM ANNE CARSON, WINNER OF THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A profound love story” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) that is both a novel and a poem, an unconventional re-creation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present\n    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNOTABLE BOOK • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003eGeryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his fragile, tormented soul in an autobiography he begins at the age of five. As he grows older, Geryon escapes his abusive brother and affectionate but ineffectual mother, finding solace behind the lens of his camera and in the arms of a young man named Herakles, a cavalier drifter who leaves him at the peak of infatuation. When Herakles reappears years later, Geryon confronts again the pain of his desire and embarks on a journey that will unleash his creative imagination to its fullest extent.\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003eBy turns whimsical and haunting, erudite and accessible, richly layered and deceptively simple, \n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAutobiography of Red\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tremendously moving portrait of an artist coming to terms with the fantastic accident of who he is.\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Digital Chapter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67655004553306,"sku":null,"price":34.21,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3762\/5690\/files\/61Ik0yT7jqL._SL1200.jpg?v=1791647839","url":"https:\/\/thedigitalchapter.ca\/products\/autobiography-of-red","provider":"The Digital Chapter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}